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flatus

[fley-tuhs] / ˈfleɪ təs /




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In most people, flatus is composed primarily of hydrogen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026

The sensor is mostly dormant, but it also needs to record every emission, so the team needed a way to generate a flatus on command.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Not to mention the distinctive smell of feces and flatus, i.e., farts.

From Salon ● May 31, 2025

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

If she expels flatus when she coughs, this would indicate a predisposition to heaves.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson




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