Antonyms for flatus


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fley-tuh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfleɪ təs


Definition of flatus

Origin :
  • 1660s, from Latin flatus "a blowing," from flare "to blow" (see blow (v.1)).
  • As in puff : noun blast of air
  • As in whiff : noun smell of an odor
  • As in breath : noun wind or something in the air
Example sentences :
  • There should be proper control of flatus and motions from the date of operation.
  • Extract from : « A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) » by Various
  • Not that they may not be more than names (flatus vocis), but that they are nothing less than names.
  • Extract from : « Tragic Sense Of Life » by Miguel de Unamuno
  • Relief is obtained both from the pain and from the sense of distension by expulsion of flatus.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • His stomach was a good deal disturbed, and the bowels were soon distended with flatus.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • Much distress is occasioned by abdominal distension from flatus, which develops with remarkable rapidity.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6 » by Various
  • If the gangrenous portion be very full of fæces or flatus, incisions may be made into it.
  • Extract from : « A Manual of the Operations of Surgery » by Joseph Bell
  • The plebs plebis think that the cause is wind or flatus, and that they get rid of the ague by belching.
  • Extract from : « A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) » by Charles Creighton
  • The stomach and bowels are liable to distension by flatus, sometimes to the extent of producing colicky pains.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various
  • It should be clear, because "turbida impinguat, flatus gignit, atque brevem spiritum efficit."
  • Extract from : « Odd Bits of History » by Henry W. Wolff

Synonyms for flatus

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