Plural of borborygm; multiple rumbling sounds made by gas moving through the intestines.
The Greek plural form of 'borborygmos,' maintaining the original Greek -i plural ending commonly used in English medical terminology.
You rarely hear 'borborygmi' in everyday speech, but doctors and gastroenterologists use it constantly—it's the Greek plural that survived into medical English!
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