flatus
flatus
Definition
fla·tus (flāt′əs)
flatus
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- pass: Throughout this time she had however been passing flatus, was not vomiting and had been eating and drinking normally.
Adjective modifier
- excessive: The usual symptoms of lactose intolerance include loose stools, intermittent abdominal distention, colic and excessive flatus after lactose ingestion.
Modifies a noun
- vocis: Roscelin had been famously derided by Anselm for arguing that universals were mere flatus vocis, a pun even in Anselm's day.
