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Mental Disorders > Feeding and Eating Disorders > Rumination Syndrome
Digestive System Diseases > Gastrointestinal Diseases > Rumination Syndrome

Preferred term

Rumination Syndrome  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Merycism
  • Rumination Disorder
  • Rumination Disorders

Scope note

  • A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by repetitive and effortless regurgitation of ingested food from the stomach to the oral cavity in the early POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD. It is associated with functional gastrointestinal pathology (e.g., increased intra-gastric pressure) and psychiatric disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression). It is not limited to infants and distinct from GERD and VOMITING.

History note

  • 2020(1998)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000079562

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