Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
borborygmus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A rumbling or gurgling noise produced by wind in the bowels.
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- noun medicine A rumbling or gurgling noise produced by wind in the bowels.
Etymologies
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French borborygme, from Ancient Greek.
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whichbe commented on the word borborygm
The noise made by gas in the bowels; a fart.
May 16, 2008
bilby commented on the word borborygm
'The room was very quiet, except for its borborygmic old radiator.'
- Elizabeth Fenwick, 'Long Way Down'.
March 5, 2009