flatus
Americannoun
plural
flatusesnoun
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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Hydrogen is generated exclusively by microbes living in the gut, so continuously measuring hydrogen in flatus provides a direct signal of microbial fermentation activity as gut bacteria break down food components.
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
Stools: Piles; passes offensive flatus; stools soft and pappy; watery diarrhœa; stools hard, like stone, knotty.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
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