Rumination
Pronunciation : Ru`mi*na"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. ruminatio: cf. F. rumination.]
Definition : 1. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud. Rumination is given to animals to enable them at once to lay up a great store of food, and afterward to chew it. Arbuthnot.
2. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection. Retiring full of rumination sad. Thomson.
3. (Physiol.)
Defn: The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally oberved as a morbid phenomenon in man.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913