(n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured.
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Flatus
Definition:
(pl. ) of Flatus
(n.) A breath; a puff of wind.
(n.) Wind or gas generated in the stomach or other cavities of the body.
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(1) A normal colonoscopy authorizes a medical treatment with attempt of detorsion by passage of a flatus tube per rectum.
(2) These errors include losses of food on cooking and eating utensils and dishware, losses of feces or urine on toilet paper or in collection containers, and losses through sweat, exfoliated skin, hair and nail growth, saliva, menses, blood sampling, toothbrushing, semen, and, for nitrogen, from flatus and respiration.
(3) Those who had undergone anterior resection had significantly more frequent bowel movements per day than those treated with abdominoperineal resection, and problems with urgency and flatus.
(4) Symptoms of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis include diarrhea, constipation, rectal bleeding, passage of mucus per rectum, vague abdominal discomfort, abdominal pain, urgency, malabsorption, weight loss, and excessive flatus.
(5) Patients in the no-NG group had earlier bowel sounds, return of flatus, oral intake and first bowel movement.
(6) The plug is made of a soft, pliable plastic material with open cells, containing a carbon filter which allows flatus to pass odour-free.
(7) Flatus production can be lowered by reducing fermentable carbohydrates such as beans, cabbage, lentils, brussel sprouts, and legumes.
(8) According to responses on the questionnaires, deficits in continence ranging from 'sometimes' to 'frequently' included lack of control of flatus (35.1 per cent), soiling of underclothing (22.0 per cent) and accidental bowel movements (5.3 per cent).
(9) This was associated with a difference in the grading of flatus at 6 and 24 hours (p = < 0.0001 and < 0.05, respectively).
(10) The onset of flatus after operation was 15 hours and 47 minutes for the injection group of 194 patients operated transurethrally, which was shorter than the 21 hours and 50 minutes for the uninjected group (p less than 0.01), but the onset of flatus was not significantly affected by the injection in the patients operated transretroperitoneally.
(11) We investigated the occurrence of new constipation, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, visible blood in stool, abdominal pain, black stools, belching, and flatus in 324 outpatients following upper or lower gastrointestinal tract barium procedures.
(12) In the patients who had rectopexy, flatus and defecation passed significantly later, probably due to existing defecation problems before the operation.
(13) Neostigmine, 0.5 mg, was administered intramuscularly every third hour on the third day after laparotomy, either until passage of flatus or stools was observed, or until a total of three injections were given.
(14) Infantile Colic is a behavioral syndrome characterized by paroxysms of excessive crying and increased motor activity, hypertonicity of the musculature, excessive flatus and erratic sleeping and feeding patterns.
(15) Belching and passage of flatus were the most frequently reported symptoms after barium enema, both single- and double-contrast.
(16) Conservative treatment was carefully carried out, because there was no sign of peritoneal irritation and there were passages of normal stool and flatus.
(17) In the 29 women without anorectal incontinence after complete tear, two had transient incontinence of flatus but for less than 14 days after the next delivery.
(18) Of the 23 patients, 19 had symptoms which included abdominal discomfort (15 patients), anorexia (10 patients), diarrhea (9 patients), and flatus (9 patients).
(19) The major long term problem in our study of premenopausal women was incontinence of flatus.
(20) Function was assessed in four categories: bowel frequency, ability to distinguish flatus from faeces, ability to defer defaecation, and frequency of soiling.