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flatulence

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flat·u·lence  (flch-lns)
n.
1. The presence of excessive gas in the digestive tract.
2. Self-importance; pomposity.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.flatulence - a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
flatulency, gas
physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
2.flatulenceflatulence - pompously embellished language      
turgidity, turgidness
long-windedness, prolixity, prolixness, wordiness, windiness - boring verbosity
flatulence
noun
1. wind, borborygmus (Medical), eructation Avoid any food that causes flatulence.
2. pretentiousness, boasting, hot air (informal), twaddle, pomposity, bombast, claptrap, empty words, fustian, prolixity, rodomontade, fanfaronade (rare) so much bloated nationalistic flatulence
Translations
flatulence [ˈflætjʊləns] N → flatulencia f
flatulence [ˈflætʃʊləns] n → flatulence f
flatulence
n → Blähung(en) f(pl), → Flatulenz f (spec); to cause flatulence → Blähungen verursachen, blähen
flatulence [ˈflætjʊləns] n → flatulenza
flatulence [ˈflætjʊləns] n → flatulenza


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Well, I said, and to require the help of medicine, not when a wound has to be cured, or on occasion of an epidemic, but just because, by indolence and a habit of life such as we have been describing, men fill themselves with waters and winds, as if their bodies were a marsh, compelling the ingenious sons of Asclepius to find more names for diseases, such as flatulence and catarrh; is not this, too, a disgrace?
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