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What's weird noises that come from your stomach that sounds exactly like a farting noise! cuz it's highly embarrassing ?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Borborygmus: Borborygmus is the sound made as fluids and gases move in the intestines.

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Answered 11/5/2014

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