flatus
Example Sentences
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In addition, people differ significantly in visceral sensitivity, meaning two individuals may produce similar amounts of flatus yet perceive it very differently.
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
Care must be used in preparing this flatus enema on account of the danger of curdling the milk with the acid in the molasses and the hot water.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. Proudfit
