verb
- present participle of eruct; belching or burping
Usage: formal; medical
Examples
- The patient was eructing frequently after the meal.
- Eructing loudly at the dinner table is considered impolite.
- The doctor noted the patient was eructing excessively.
- He couldn't stop eructing after drinking the carbonated beverage.
- The medical report mentioned the patient eructing during the examination.