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Regurgitation

regurgitation

(Science: cardiology, gastroenterology) A backward flowing, as the casting up of undigested food or the backward flowing of blood into the heart or between the chambers of the heart when a valve is incompetent.

Origin: L. Gurgitare = to flood


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... murmurs are abnormal heart sounds caused by: 1. blood forced to a narrowed valve opening 2. backwards flow through a valve that did not close (regurgitation) thus c and d are both correct (c when the heart is in systole and d when the heart is in diastole)

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by sdekivit
Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:12 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: valves
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... dermal sensitivity, joint and muscle pain, swelling and reduced mobility of joints, heart palpitations, pain and arrhythmia, stomach cramps and regurgitation, loss of vision, double vision, and the list can go on. Although there is a clear link between Mycoplasma infection and the above-mentioned ...

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