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Definition of Flatulent
1. Adjective. Generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal.
2. Adjective. Suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal.
Similar to: Unhealthy
Derivative terms: Colic, Flatulence, Flatulency, Gas
Definition of Flatulent
1. a. Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.
Definition of Flatulent
1. Adjective. Affected by gas in the intestine; likely to fart. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) vain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flatulent
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Flatulent
1. 1. Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy. 2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach. "Vegetables abound more with aerial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent." (Arbuthnot) 3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumour. 4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity. "He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry." (Dryden) Origin: L. Flatus a blowing, flatus ventris windiness, flatulence, fr. Flare to blow: cf. F. Flatulent. See Blow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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