Usually means: Abdominal swelling caused by gas.
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  1. meteorism: Collins English Dictionary
  2. meteorism: Wordnik
  3. meteorism: Wiktionary
  4. meteorism: Dictionary.com
  5. Meteorism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Meteorism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. meteorism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Meteorism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. meteorism: FreeDictionary.org
  10. meteorism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. meteorism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. meteorism: Encyclopedia

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  1. meteorism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  5. meteorism: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. meteorism: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (meteorism)

noun:  A rapid accumulation of gas in the intestine. It is typically a sign of bowel necrosis from bacterial infection, a life-threatening surgical emergency, and is usually caused by the consumption of large quantities of undercooked pork.

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