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..
Word Origin and History for daunt Expand. v. c.1300, to vanquish, from Old French danter, variant of donter (12c., Modern French dompter) be afraid of, fear, doubt; control, restrain, from Latin domitare, frequentative of domare to tame (see tame (v.)). Sense of to intimidate is from late 15c.