| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| flatus |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fla·tus |
| PRONUNCIATION: | fl t s |
| NOUN: | Gas generated in or expelled from the digestive tract, especially the stomach or intestines. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin fl tus, wind, fart, from fl re, to blow. See bhl - in Appendix I.
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