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Descriptor English: Flatulence
Descriptor Spanish: Flatulencia
Descriptor flatulencia
Entry term(s) flato
gases intestinales
Scope note: Producción o presencia de gas en el tracto gastrointestinal que puede ser expulsado a través del ano.
Descriptor Portuguese: Flatulência
Descriptor French: Météorisme
Entry term(s): Flatus
Tree number(s): C23.888.821.360
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005414
Scope note: Production or presence of gas in the gastrointestinal tract which may be expelled through the anus.
Annotation: /drug ther: consider also ANTIFOAMING AGENTS; see note on "intestinal gases" under GASES
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Related: Antifoaming Agents MeSH
DeCS ID: 5549
Unique ID: D005414
NLM Classification: WI 143
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Flatulence - Preferred
Concept UI M0008543
Scope note Production or presence of gas in the gastrointestinal tract which may be expelled through the anus.
Preferred term Flatulence
Entry term(s) Flatus



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