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Descriptor English: Rumination Syndrome
Descriptor Spanish: Síndrome de Rumiación
Descriptor síndrome de rumiación
Entry term(s) mericismo
trastornos de rumiación
Scope note: Trastorno gastrointestinal caracterizado por regurgitación repetitiva y sin esfuerzo de los alimentos ingeridos desde el estómago hasta la cavidad oral al comienzo del PERÍODO POSPRANDIAL. Se asocia a un trastorno gastrointestinal funcional (p. ej., elevación de la presión intragástrica) y a trastornos psiquiátricos (p. ej., ansiedad, depresión). No está limitado a lactantes y se diferencia del REFLUJO GASTROESOFÁGICO y de los VÓMITOS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Síndrome da Ruminação
Descriptor French: Syndrome de rumination
Entry term(s): Merycism
Rumination Disorder
Rumination Disorders
Rumination Syndromes
Tree number(s): C06.405.609
F03.400.968
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000079562
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.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Gastrointestinal Diseases (1966-2019)
Public MeSH Note: 2020; see FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD 1998-2019
History Note: 2020(1998)
DeCS ID: 59223
Unique ID: D000079562
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Date Established: 2020/01/01
Date of Entry: 2019/07/08
Revision Date: 2019/06/17
Rumination Syndrome - Preferred
Concept UI M0029637
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.
Preferred term Rumination Syndrome
Entry term(s) Merycism
Rumination Disorder
Rumination Disorders
Rumination Syndromes



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