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Definition of Borborygmus
1. Noun. A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines heard from a distance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Borborygmus
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Medical Definition of Borborygmus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Borborygmus
Literary usage of Borborygmus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Homoeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York (1889)
"borborygmus wakes him in morning.1 3.—borborygmus.—Pains in the hypochondria.1—Colic
around the umbilicus. 4.—Very disagreeable drawing and heaviness down ..."
2. Proceedings of the Connecticut Medical Society by Connecticut Medical Society (1895)
"Obstruction high in the small intestine causes intense pain, each spasm of pain
being accompanied by borborygmus, vomiting is severe and persistent from the ..."
3. Mathews' Medical Quarterly (1896)
"Obstruction high in the small intestine causes intense pain, each spasm of pain
being accompanied by borborygmus, vomiting is severe and persistent from the ..."
4. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1852)
"borborygmus.—Tympanites.—Meteorism. Gases of different kinds are always found in
the stomach and bowels, their presence appears to be a provision of nature ..."
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