Sign or Symptom
eructation Audio
e·ruc·ta·tion [ ih-ruhk-tey-shun ]
Subclass of:
Signs and Symptoms, Digestive
Definitions related to eructation:
  • The act of bringing up air from the stomach through the mouth with a characteristic sound. Commonly known as belching.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • The ejection of gas or air through the mouth from the stomach.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • To belch, the casting of upwind from the stomach.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (belching) To expel gas noisily from the mouth.
    Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
    U.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
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