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MeSH Heading: Rumination Syndrome
Tree Number(s): C06.405.609; F03.400.968
Unique ID: D000079562
RDF Unique Identifier: http://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.
Entry Term(s): Merycism; Rumination Disorders
Previous Indexing: Gastrointestinal Diseases (1966-2019)
Public MeSH Note: 2020; see FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD 1998-2019
History Note: 2020(1998)
Date Established: 2020/01/01
Date of Entry: 2019/07/08
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

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.
Terms: Rumination Syndrome Preferred Term
Term UI T000946903
Date09/19/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Rumination Disorders
Term UI T059493
Date03/14/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Merycism
Term UI T000946904
Date09/19/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020)

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