Dagens glosa

borborygmus
PRONUNCIATION:
(bor-buh-RIG-muhs)
MEANING:
noun: A rumbling noise caused by the movement of gas through the intestines.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek borborygmos (intestinal rumbling), an onomatopoeiac word to describe the sound.
NOTES:
Borborygmi are usually harmless, they are simply a result of gas movement around the stomach. And the rumbling sound doesn't mean one is hungry either. We can't really do anything about the sound of a stomach growling, but we can take comfort in the fact that at least we know a fancy word to describe it.
USAGE:
"And the piece de resistance:'He was woken early by borborygmus as his insides fermented and his intestines ballooned with gas beyond their capacity.'"Ruth Dudley Edwards; Book Review / Straying Into A Dark, Ugly And Sick World; The Independent (London, UK); Sep 21, 1994.

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