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Borborygmi is the fantastically absurd medical term for the loud, embarrassing rumbling noises your stomach makes when you are hungry in a suspiciously quiet room; it is caused…

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Borborygmi is the fantastically absurd medical term for the loud, embarrassing rumbling noises your stomach makes when you are hungry in a suspiciously quiet room; it is caused by the migration motor complex, a process where your digestive tract aggressively sweeps residual food and gas through your intestines like a disgruntled janitor cleaning up after a shift; when your stomach is empty, there is no food to muffle the sound of this intense muscular wave, turning your abdomen into an echoing acoustic chamber of gastrointestinal despair; so when your stomach roars during a silent exam, it is not crying out for food, it is just loudly announcing to everyone that it is doing chores in an empty house!

Borborygmi is the fantastically absurd medical term for the loud, embarrassing rumbling noises your stomach makes when you are hungry in a suspiciously quiet room; it is caused…
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