flatus

Example Sentences

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"We don't actually know what normal flatus production looks like," Hall said.

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

A flatus enema containing salts, glycerin, and a few drops of turpentine is also valuable in removing the gas formed by the action of the putrefactive bacteria upon the unabsorbed food mass.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.