bloating

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbləʊtɪŋ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbloʊtɪŋ/

Verb

bloating

present participle and gerund of bloat

Noun

bloating (plural bloatings)

A bloated condition; distention.
- 1914, Canada Lancet, volume 47, page 371:
  The bloatings, the bowel distentions, the torments from gas retention, the inability to expel flatus, are all conspicuously absent and if present are so in a mild degree.

Translations

bloated condition; distention — see also distension

German: Aufgedunsenheit f

Anagrams

bog Latin, oblating, obligant

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