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单词 reingestion
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reingestionn.

Brit. /ˌriːɪnˈdʒɛstʃn/, U.S. /ˌriᵻnˈdʒɛstʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, ingestion n.
Etymology: < re- prefix + ingestion n. Compare slightly later reingest v.
Chiefly Zoology.
The ingestion of material ejected or secreted from the body; spec. coprophagy or refection (refection n. 5b) as practised by rabbits and some other mammals.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating excrement
reingestion1859
coprophagy1891
coprophagia1906
refection1939
shit-eating1968
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating by animals > [noun] > eating faecal pellets
reingestion1859
refection1939
1859 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Human Physiol. (rev. ed.) v. 231 This evidence being afforded in the effects of the re-ingestion of the urine.
1919 Jrnl. Exper. Zool. Apr. 52 The next step..might be the reingestion of material already passed through the digestive tract.
1964 H. N. Southern Handbk. Brit. Mammals 254 Utilization of food [by rabbits] assisted by reingestion, or refection, in which soft faecal pellets (mainly from caecum, where microbial digestion occurs) are swallowed.
1995 Mammalia 59 237 Large particles in the diet are given another chance for digestion, through remastication and reingestion, when they are excreted during the daytime following ingestion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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