Rumination

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The term Rumination, meaning "to chew the cud," is used in several contexts:

[edit] Digestive rumination

• In animals, the rumination and chewing of cud by cows and other ruminant animals
• In humans, rumination syndrome is a generally involuntary eating disorder characterized by the regurgitation of recently ingested food without retching

[edit] Mental rumination

• Mental rumination - contemplation or reflection, which may become persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding

[edit] Other

• Ruminations – a popular email column and series of books written by comedian Aaron Karo

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