Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Gas generated in or expelled from the digestive tract, especially the stomach or intestines.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable Gas generated in the
digestive tract . - noun countable
Expulsion of such gas through the anus. - noun obsolete
Morbid inflation or swelling. - noun Plural form of
flatus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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•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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This would be enforced by the flatus police (former ICE and Border agents fired by Obama Momma when he removed the CONUS borders).
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Cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and other cruciferous vegetables that belong to the genus Brassica are commonly reputed to not only increase flatulence, but to increase the pungency of the flatus.
A Confession 2010
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Orlistat use frequently results in adverse events including flatus, oily stools, fecal urgency or fecal incontinence, and abdominal pain, particularly among patients who do not follow the recommended low-fat diet.
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This would be enforced by the flatus police (former ICE and Border agents fired by Obama Momma when he removed the CONUS borders).
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I dont know whether you say flatus or afflatus but it sounds like theres flatulence, flatulence surging through him.
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(Soundbite of laughter) GROSS: But afflatus of flatus actually means the miraculous communication of super natural knowledge, which kind of changes the whole feel of what hes saying there.
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So, over and over, when we looked - when I looked up words in the dictionary, see where Whitman was in 1855, there was always some surprising interesting accuracy or some area like the word afflatus or flatus.
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Right now however, more money is spent on controlling flatus, whether taken before or after meals.
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Right now however, more money is spent on controlling flatus, whether taken before or after meals.
desilutrek commented on the word flatus
yum.
December 21, 2007