flatus
Example Sentences
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However, results varied widely among individuals, with totals ranging from just four flatus events per day to as many as 59.
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 may take place in the stomach; and if so, the life of the horse is in immediate danger, for the animal has no power to expel this dangerous flatus by eructation.
