flatus

fla·tus

F0173100 (flā′təs)n. Gas generated in or expelled from the digestive tract, especially the stomach or intestines.

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[Latin flātus, wind, fart, from flāre, to blow; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]

flatus

(ˈfleɪtəs) n, pl -tuses (Physiology) gas generated in the alimentary canal[C17: from Latin: a blowing, snorting, from flāre to breathe, blow]

fla•tus

(ˈfleɪ təs)

n., pl. -tus•es. intestinal gas. [1660–70; < New Latin; Latin: blowing, breath, breathing, derivative of flāre to blow]

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flatus - a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anusbreaking wind, fart, farting, windinborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus

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