flatus

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

This is especially the case where much flatus is generated, or where the patient is naturally stout.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph