flatus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of flatus
1660–70; < New Latin; Latin: a blowing, breathing, breath, equivalent to flā ( re ) to blow + -tus suffix of v. action
Example Sentences
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The goal is to determine the normal range of flatus production among people in the United States over the age of 18.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026
The extreme concentration of hydrogen in a flatus does make it easier to detect with a tiny sensor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
M Gove has promised to phase out diesel- and petrol-driven cars by 2040, a tiny flatus puff in a vast tornado, 22 years of slow death away.
From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2018
Each day, up to 1500 mL of flatus is produced in the colon.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The alchemists used such terms as spiritus, flatus, halitus, aura, emanatio nubila, &c., words implying a “wind” or “breath.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
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