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FLATULENCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flatulency mean?
• FLATULENCY (noun)
The noun FLATULENCY has 1 sense:
1. a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
Familiarity information: FLATULENCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
flatulence; flatulency; gas
Hypernyms ("flatulency" is a kind of...):
physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)
Derivation:
flatulent (suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal)
flatulent (generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal)
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