Flatus

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  • noun. Gas generated in or expelled from the digestive tract, especially the stomach or intestines.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A breath; a puff of wind; a pure expulsion of air from the lungs through the throat and mouth.
  • noun. Wind present in the stomach or intestines; eructation.
  • noun. Inflation; puffiness; the state of being distended with air, as a tumor.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A breath; a puff of wind.
  • noun. Gas generated in the stomach, intestine, or other cavities of the body.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Gas generated in the digestive tract.
  • noun. Expulsion of such gas through the anus.
  • noun. Morbid inflation or swelling.
  • noun. Plural form of flatus.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
    • Word Usage
    "•The primary components of gas (known as flatus, pronounced FLAY-tuss) are 5 odorless gases: nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, methane, and oxygen."
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    flatus vocis  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    inborn reflex  innate reflex  instinctive reflex  physiological reaction  reflex  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abstruseness  agreeability  angulation  bearishness  bullishness  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    breath  fart  flatulence  qualifier  vulgar  
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