intestinal gas
Gut-produced vapor
Intestinal gas is air and other gases that accumulate in the digestive tract, produced by swallowing air or bacterial fermentation of food.
It exits the body as burps or flatulence.
The term appears in medical and polite contexts where fart or passing gas might seem too crude: The medication may cause intestinal gas.
- flatulenceIntestinal gas accumulation
- break windExpel digestive gas
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
- fartExpelled digestive gas
- cut the cheeseExpel intestinal gas audibly
let one rip · silent but deadly · rumbling · gurgling · cramping · distension · methane · digestive · digestive system · stomach · colon · belly · passing · wind · toot · pungent · embarrassing · relief
- flatulencefart, gas, flatus, passing gas, breaking wind
- microbiomemicrobiome, microbiota, gut flora, beneficial bacteria, lactobacillus