flatuses
təs noun, plural fla·tus·es.
intestinal gas produced by bacterial action on waste matter in the intestines and composed primarily of hydrogen sulfide and varying amounts of methane.
Also called gas.
Origin:
1660–70; < Neo-Latin; Latin: a blowing, breathing, breath, equivalent to flā(re) to blow + -tus suffix of v. action
1660–70; < Neo-Latin; Latin: a blowing, breathing, breath, equivalent to flā(re) to blow + -tus suffix of v. action
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| —n , pl -tuses | |
| gas generated in the alimentary canal | |
| [C17: from Latin: a blowing, snorting, from flāre to breathe, blow] | |
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flatus fla·tus (flā'təs)
n.
Gas generated in or expelled from the digestive tract, especially from the stomach or intestines.
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