FLATULENCE

n. Fla't'^l-e^ns. Or., wKv/taT<u<7i?. Lat., flntnlentin (from flatus [a. r.J). Fr.. /. Ger., BUihung, BUihsucht, Fl'itulenz. The state of being flatulent.-Convulsive f. F. a ociated with respiratory difficulty and lo of consciousne . [a,At. ) F. acide (HY.). See PYROSIS. F. hypochondria que (Fr.). Lat flnttilentia hysteric a. F. occurring in hysterical persons; sometimes simulating, by distending the intestines, abdominal tumors. [,4.] F. lochiale (.Fr.). L .,flatulent i a lochial is. F. in lying-in women, [a, 34.) [s. 72]