flatulency

/'flætjuləns/ Cách viết khác : (flatulency) /'flætjulənsi/

Thân thiện

A patient describes symptoms of flatulency to a doctor.

Definition

Noun: A medical condition characterized by an excessive accumulation of gas in the stomach or intestines, often causing discomfort, bloating, or the need to expel the gas.

Examples

• The patient complained of abdominal pain and flatulency after the meal.
• Certain foods, like beans and cabbage, are known to cause flatulency.
• The doctor explained that the feeling of bloating was due to flatulency.

Advanced Usage

• Technical/Medical Context: The term is primarily used in formal or medical discussions. In everyday conversation, people are more likely to use terms like "gas," "bloating," or "flatulence."
  • The study focused on dietary interventions to reduce intestinal flatulency.

Variants and Related Words

• Flatulence (n.): The more common variant, often used interchangeably with "flatulency." It can also refer to the gas itself or the act of expelling it.
  • Excessive flatulence can be socially embarrassing.
• Flatulent (adj.): Suffering from or causing flatulence.
  • He felt flatulent after eating the spicy food.
• Flatus (n.): The technical medical term for intestinal gas.
  • The buildup of flatus caused discomfort.

Synonyms

• Gas: (Informal) The most common general term.
• Bloating: A feeling of fullness or swelling in the abdomen, often caused by gas.
• Tympanites: (Medical) Distension of the abdomen due to gas in the intestines or peritoneal cavity.

Related Phrases

• Pass gas / Break wind: (Idiomatic/Informal) The act of expelling flatulence from the body.
  • It's a natural bodily function to pass gas.
• Have gas: (Informal) To experience flatulence.
  • I think I have gas from that onion.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal

Từ đồng nghĩa

• flatulence
• gas