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flatulence

[flach-uh-luhns] / ˈflætʃ ə ləns /


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When the cave floods, the rising and falling of the water sucks through air and makes a sound uncannily similar to flatulence.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The study will use Smart Underwear to measure flatulence patterns continuously in hundreds of participants while also analyzing their diets and gut microbiome composition.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

The frequency and volume of flatulence is a major reason people quit healthy, fiber-rich diets, which can be key to heading off gastrointestinal disorders and colon cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

“We desperately need to understand what the baseline of human flatulence patterns are,” says Brantley Hall, the study’s principal researcher at UMD.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Constipation and flatulence, or “squeaky gut,” as the men called it, made them even more uncomfortable than they already were.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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