- flatulence
- flatulence (n.) 1711, from Fr. flatulence, from flatulent (see FLATULENT (Cf. flatulent)). Flatulency is from 1650s.
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flatulence — [ flatylɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1747; de flatulent ♦ Accumulation de gaz dans les intestins, se traduisant par un ballonnement abdominal et des flatuosités. ⇒ météorisme. ● flatulence nom féminin (de flatulent) Accumulation de gaz dans le tube digestif. ●… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Flatulence — Flat u*lence, Flatulency Flat u*len*cy, n. [Cf. F. flatulence.] The state or quality of being flatulent. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flatulence — index bombast Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Flatulence — German peasants greet the fire and brimstone from a papal bull of Pope Paul III in … Wikipedia
Flatulence — Une flatulence est la production de gaz gastro intestinaux, provoquant des ballonnements, accumulés dans l intestin ou l estomac et expulsés hors du corps de façon volontaire ou involontaire par l anus ou la bouche[1]. On trouve deux étymologies… … Wikipédia en Français
flatulence — flat·u·lence (flăchʹə ləns) n. 1. The presence of excessive gas in the digestive tract. 2. Self importance; pomposity. * * * ▪ physiology the presence of excessive amounts of gas in the stomach or intestine, which sometimes results in the… … Universalium
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flatulence — noun 1) medications that help with flatulence Syn: (intestinal) gas, wind; informal farting, tooting; formal flatus 2) the flatulence of his latest recordings Syn: pomposity, pompousness, pretension, pretentiousness, grandiloquence, bombast … Thesaurus of popular words
Flatulence — Excess gas in the intestinal tract. But what is excess flatulence is difficult to define without a yardstick to measure the "normal" frequency of gas passages. Symptom free individuals have recorded approximately 14 passages of gas per… … Medical dictionary
flatulence — [[t]flæ̱tʃʊləns[/t]] N UNCOUNT Flatulence is too much gas in a person s intestines, which causes an uncomfortable feeling. Syn: wind … English dictionary
