(a.) Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.
(a.) Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach.
(a.) Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor.
(a.) Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bacteriological studies on gallbladder bile from 39 patients suggested that infection within the gallbladder may be a factor in the causation of flatulent dyspepsia.
(2) In February last year the BBC was forced to apologise to the Mexican ambassador after a joke made by the three presenters that the nation's cars were like the people "lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat".
(3) 51% of patients with gallstone disease vs. 15% of the control group avoided flatulent and fatty food.
(4) Almost all adverse experiences, as reported by 56 to 76% of patients on acarbose vs 32 to 37% of patients on placebo, were related to the digestive system and included diarrhoea, flatulence, bloating and nausea.
(5) Of the 2,815 report forms (64%) returned, 656 adverse effects were reported for 390 treatment courses (14%); they included flatulence (260), diarrhea or cramping (100), nausea (93), headache (17), disorientation or dizziness (9), and diplopia (4).
(6) The common symptoms were altered bowel habit, abdominal pain, emotional disturbance, flatulence and distension.
(7) Good results included the absence of reflux symptoms, pleasant swallowing, the preservation of a normal capacity for belching and vomiting, minimal flatulence, and a comfortable incision.
(8) All patients complained of increased abdominal flatulence with high fiber diet, however, no significant increase in frequency of bowel movements was noted.
(9) A multivariate analysis indicated that preoperative flatulence together with long duration of attacks of pain are risk factors for postoperative dissatisfaction as judged by a linear analogue scale.
(10) The incidence of flatulent dyspepsia and its relationship to gallbladder function has been studied in 100 consecutive patients with gallstones undergoing cholecystectomy.
(11) The main symptoms of infection with Giardia intestinalis in 33 Sudanese adults were abdominal pain, flatulence and diarrhoea.
(12) In this clinical study, four groups, each consisting of 12 patients are established to determine how gastric emptying is influenced in cholelithiasis with accompanied flatulent dyspepsia and the relationship of symptoms and gastric emptying after cholecystectomy.
(13) Both controlled release metoclopramide and high and low dose domperidone significantly reduced symptoms of belching, flatulence, distension, heartburn, regurgitation, reflux, nausea and vomiting compared to baseline.
(14) You really can have it all.” A more practical innovation comes from British manufacturer Shreddies, which has developed flatulence-filtering underwear , allowing you to “fart with confidence”.
(15) Symptoms of epigastric discomfort, loose stools and flatulence occurred over the first year of infection and ameliorated thereafter.
(16) In all cases the excessive flatulence occurred independently of sugar dosage whereas the development of diarrhoea was dose-related.
(17) There was also more urgency, flatulence, abdominal pain and nausea.
(18) The BBC has upheld complaints against Top Gear over Richard Hammond's comments that Mexicans are "lazy, feckless [and] flatulent".
(19) In a double-blind crossover trial isomalt chocolate was associated in healthy consumers (n = 58) with increased motion frequency, wind and flatulence compared with sucrose chocolate.
(20) All preserved anal continence for solid and fluid feces, whereas three suffered from flatulence during a follow-up period from one to 46 months.
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.
Example Sentences:
(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.