What is the word flatulence shortened to?

pmarney

Pure and simple it's Fart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fart Dec 29 12, 2:16 AM

romeomikegolf

Strictly speaking fart is not short for flatulence. Flatulence is a condition, fart is the result. It may be short for flatulate, the act of gas escaping the intestine, but not for the condition. Dec 29 12, 3:37 AM

HCP	I have heard it called flatus. Dec 29 12, 11:15 AM

MyGirl2000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatulence Colloquially, flatulence may be referred to as "farting", "passing gas", "breaking wind" or simply (in American English) "gas". The root of these words is from the Latin flatus - "a blowing, a breaking wind".[3] Flatus is also the medical word for gas generated in the stomach or bowels.[4] These standard definitions do not reflect the fact that a proportion of intestinal gas may be composed of swallowed environmental air, and hence flatus is not totally generated in the stomach or bowels. Dec 29 12, 11:48 AM

sakinosho

Flatulence is commonly referred to having gas or passing gas. Dec 29 12, 7:37 PM