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* In animals, rumination is a part of normal digestion, in which the animal (known as a [[ruminant]]) brings up swallowed food (usually grass or hay), [[chews]] it, and swallows it. This aids the animal by allowing it to eat quickly and chew later while it is resting. |
* In animals, rumination is a part of normal digestion, in which the animal (known as a [[ruminant]]) brings up swallowed food (usually grass or hay), [[chews]] it, and swallows it. This aids the animal by allowing it to eat quickly and chew later while it is resting. |
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Look up rumination in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Rumination may refer to:
Digestive rumination
- In animals, rumination is a part of normal digestion, in which the animal (known as a ruminant) brings up swallowed food (usually grass or hay), chews it, and swallows it. This aids the animal by allowing it to eat quickly and chew later while it is resting.
- In humans, rumination syndrome is a generally involuntary eating disorder characterized by the regurgitation of recently ingested food without retching
Mental rumination
- Mental rumination – contemplation or reflection, which may become persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding
Other
- Ruminations – a popular email column and series of books written by comedian Aaron Karo