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I read a book a couple years ago and there was a word that meant, basically, "the sound of your stomach and intestines rumbling" - as from gas or hunger. I thought it started with the letter "b" but could be mistaken. Does anyone know what the word is?
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Hi Dedinaw,
The word is borborygm. Saying it aloud, you will believe it.
see http://www.homegame.org/news/language/wurd092499.htm
It is not in the online dictionary
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>It is not in the online dictionary
*the* online dictionary?
borborygm (to rumble in the bowels)
borborygmus (a rumbling in the bowels)
borborygmic (relating to intestinal rumbling caused by gas)
all show up in OneLook, pointing to *various online dictionaries -- see especially Quinion (World Wide Words) for his usual fine disertation.
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Hello, Wsieber. Thanks for the help. You & Tsuwm were right on track.
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Thanks, tsuwm. Wsieber & you answered my question, plus some. "Borborygmus" has been on my mind of late, for no particular reason - except I just recently started receiving AWAD as a gift, and knew someone here would know the word I was looking for. Thanks again to both of you.
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Welcome, Dedina! I, too, rec'd AWAD as a gift, and I tell my friend VERY frequently how grateful I am! Er--P'raps you should try some Milk of Magnesia?? 
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Do they still have milk of magnesia? I remember as a kid I sometimes used to fake stomach upsets so I could have some. I loved the taste. What actually is milk of magnesia, does anybody know?
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Seem to remember from school chemistry that it's magnesium carbonate, MgCO3, which is very similar to chalk (calcium carbonate. It is a slightly basic (ie alkaline)suspension that neutralises excess acid in the stomach. The action releases carbon dioxide (CO2).
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This is something I never quite grasped in chemistry (actually there were a lot of things I never quite grasped in chemistry, but that's by the by), is there any difference between a base and an alkali?
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>>is there any difference between a base and an alkali?
Nope.
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