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eructation
noun
[ ˌiːrʌkˈteɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a belch.
• "I heard what sounded like a half-stoppered eructation"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin eructatio(n- ), from the verb eructare, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out’ + ructare ‘belch’.