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flatus.

Gas generated in the digestive tract.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfleɪtəs/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈflætəs/obsolete
  1. Gas generated in the digestive tract.

    uncountable
    This expression is utterly devoid of meaning, a mere flatus vocis.
  2. The expulsion of such gas through the anus.

    countable
  3. Morbid inflation or swelling.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin flātus (“blowing, wind, fart”). First attested in the 1660s–1670s.

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