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rumination

rumination Rumination is an eating disorder, most often seen in infants, in which food is repeatedly brought back up and chewed again over at least a month.

Rumination is an eating disorder, most often seen in infants, in which food is repeatedly brought back up and chewed again over at least a month. The behavior is not due to a gastrointestinal or other medical cause.

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