1 Belching, bloating/distention, and flatulence are evaluated with a medical history, simple abdominal X-rays, small intestinal X-rays, gastric emptying studies, ultrasound examination, computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), tests for maldigestion and malabsorption, and hydrogen breath tests.
The adjective dauntless is a variant of the noun daunt, which means to intimidate or cause fear.. Both words are related to another family of D words â dominate, domestic, domain. They all go back to the Latin root domare, which means to tame..
To disconcert is to unsettle someone, make them feel confused and out of sorts. It's a mixture of to embarrass and to creep out. Disconcert comes from the old French word disconcerter meaning confused, which is just how it feels. The prefix dis means not â it has a bad attitude and shows up in dismiss (not accept), dissonence (not harmonious), and disown (not own), among others.