borborygmus

American  

[bawr-buh-rig-muhs] / ˌbɔr bəˈrɪg məs /

noun

Physiology.

plural

borborygmi

1. a rumbling or gurgling sound caused by the movement of gas in the intestines.

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borborygmus British  

/ ˌbɔːbəˈrɪɡməs /

noun

1. rumbling of the stomach

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Other Word Forms

• borborygmal adjective

Etymology

Origin of borborygmus

1710–20; < New Latin < Greek borborygmós intestinal rumbling

Example Sentences

Hathwar got all three of his: borborygmus, succedaneum and drahthaar.

From New York Times

Hathwar got all three of his - borborygmus, succedaneum and drahthaar.

From Washington Times

"Could", like "borborygmus", is not a word you often see in the Sun and immediately makes us question the copperbottomedness of this story, since we know that Sir Alex "could" be thinking about appointing Kenny Dalglish as his No2 or conferring new legitimacy on the wearing of wigs by unabashedly appearing on sidelines next season in a tousled blond number.

From The Guardian

Nostalgia, which we are apt to sneer at as a doctor's name for homesickness, and to class with cachexy and borborygmus, was a power for evil in those days, and some of our finest troops were thinned out by it, notoriously the North Carolinians, whose attachment to the soil of their State was as passionate as that of any Greeks, ancient or modern, Attic or Peloponnesian.

From Project Gutenberg

Borborygmus could be easily heard.

From Project Gutenberg