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{{Incoming links|date=March 2012}}'''Rumination''' may refer to:
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==Digestive rumination==
==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 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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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