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fla·tus

(flā′təs)

Gas generated in or expelled from the digestive tract, especially the stomach or intestines.

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

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flatus

(ˈfleɪtəs)

n, pl -tuses

(Physiology) gas generated in the alimentary canal

[C17: from Latin: a blowing, snorting, from flāre to breathe, blow]

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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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Noun

flatus - a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

breaking wind, fart, farting, wind

inborn 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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fla·tus

n. flato, pop. aventación, gas o aire en los intestinos.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

flatus

n flato, gas m (expulsado del recto)

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It is allowed, that senates and great councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant humours; with many diseases of the head, and more of the heart; with strong convulsions, with grievous contractions of the nerves and sinews in both hands, but especially the right; with spleen, flatus, vertigos, and deliriums; with scrofulous tumours, full of fetid purulent matter; with sour frothy ructations: with canine appetites, and crudeness of digestion, besides many others, needless to mention.

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[15.] Fleming SE A Study of Relationships between Flatus Potential and Carbohydrate Distribution in Legume Seeds.

Effect of combined germination, dehulling and boiling on mineral, sucrose, stachyose, fibrulose, and phytic acid content of different chickpea cultivars

Historically, professionals of gynecology and obstetrics waited until gut function returns allowing oral or entered feeding, characterized by symptoms such as bowel sounds, first flatus or stool, and feeling of hunger (5).

Chewing gums has stimulatory effects on bowel function in patients undergoing cesarean section: a randomized controlled trial

Soiling of perineum emitting foul odour appears due to the presence of excessive fat in the faeces and flatus (Raiha and Westermarck, 1989).

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and its therapeutic management in a dog

Systematic reviews have demonstrated reduced times to first flatus and bowel motion, and a trend towards earlier hospital discharge (2,3).

Acceptability of chewing gum for postoperative nausea and vomiting prevention in high risk patients: a pilot study

There are dozens of different antinutrients; including enzyme inhibitors, flatus factors, saponins, and phytates.

Antinutrients found naturally in plant foods exposed

Turkey in the oven, candles in the windows, acid in the stomach, flatus in the bowel and alcohol in the blood stream.

Meretricious and a Happy New Year

While the addition of either of the two medications did not appear to affect growth or mental health, gastrointestinal side effects--such as abdominal cramping, flatus, or oily spotting--were common and found in about 30% of the patient population, particularly with sibutramine.

Clinical guidelines for family physicians: screening for obesity in children and adolescents

A flatus tube was passed to attempt to decompress the bowel but no gas was released.

A case of acute post-laparoscopy bowel hypermotility and treatment with hyoscine butylbromide

Sin eso, la <<dignidad humana>> no pasaria de ser un flatus vocis.

Card. Christoph Schonborn (ed.), L'homme et le Christ a l'image de Dieu

It was therefore difficult to decide whether the pain came from the bladder or the rectum, and whether rectal discomfort indicated the need to defaecate or to pass flatus; and it could take many minutes between the urge to pass flatus and the ability to do so, because of anal sphincter spasm.