(Of seeds) the intrusions into the endosperm usually by the in-folding of the inner layer of the seed coat(s).
In psychiatry, obsessive preoccupation with ideas and recollections; also rare eating disorder of early childhood consisting of a return of food from the stomach without nausea or retching. It leads to loss of weight, failure to thrive, interference with growth and development, and, in about 25% of cases, death.
A condition in which someone has constant irrational thoughts which they cannot control.
The regurgitation of food from the stomach which is then swallowed again.
Regurgitation of small amounts of food after feeding, seen in some infants.
An obsessional type of thinking in which the same thoughts or themes are experienced repetitively, to the exclusion of other forms of mental activity. The patient commonly feels depressed and guilty after rumination. Rumination may be distinguished from morbid preoccupation in that the thoughts are irrational and resisted by the patient; they often involve abhorrent or aggressive feelings about events in the remote past and are accompanied by a lack of confidence in memory.
Regurgitation, especially with rechewing, of previously swallowed food. This condition may be present in otherwise normal individuals, in emotionally deprived or mentally retarded infants.
An enduring pattern observed in distressed infants is their tendency to bring back their food and savor it once more with great contentment.
In psychiatry, obsessive fixation refers to an unshakable preoccupation with an idea that cannot be removed from the mind, commonly observed in individuals experiencing anxiety disorders.