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regurgitant

regurgitant

See also: régurgitant

English

Adjective

regurgitant (not comparable)

  1. Flowing backward or against the normal direction.

Noun

regurgitant (countable and uncountable, plural regurgitants)

  1. That which has been regurgitated; vomit.
    • 2015, Merike Sõmera et al., “Overview on Sobemoviruses and a Proposal for the Creation of the Family Sobemoviridae”, in (Please provide the title of the work), volume 7, DOI:10.3390/v7062761:
      The virus particle formation is also important for vector transmission due to the high RNase activities in regurgitant of leaf-feeding beetles who can transmit sobemoviruses in a semipersistent manner.