Medical Dictionary

refection

noun re·fec·tion \ri-ˈfek-shən\

Medical Definition of REFECTION

1
:  satisfaction of hunger and thirst
2
a :  the eating of feces especially by the animal producing them b :  spontaneous recovery of vitamin-depleted animals on a high starch diet presumably resulting from consumption of feces enriched with vitamins synthesized by intestinal bacteria

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