Borborygmus Health Dictionary

Borborygmus: From 3 Different Sources


Flatulence in the bowels (‘tummy rumbling’).
Health Source: Herbal Medical
Author: Health Dictionary
The bubbling, gurgling passage of gas across the transverse colon...NOT a small North African rodent. BPH Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, or Hyperplasia.
Health Source: Medical Dictionary
Author: Health Dictionary
n. (pl. borborygmi) an abdominal gurgling sound due to movement of fluid and gas in the intestine. Excessive borborygmi can occur when intestinal movement is increased, for example in the *irritable bowel syndrome and in intestinal obstruction, or when there is more intestinal gas than normal.
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Flatus

Intestinal or stomach gas. If it rises upwards, it is an eructation (burp or belch); if it descends, causing borborygmus (love that word), you are flatulent (fartish).... flatus



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