1. Characterized by stomach rumblings or growlings in the bowels or intestines: Elephant hunters say that they can tell the proximity of a herd by the borborygmic noises that they emit.
2. Pertaining to the audible bowel sounds that are a normal part of the digestive process: The borborygmic noise which can be heard is caused by the movements of air and fluid through the intestines.

When anyone has a borborygmic disorder of his or her intestines; a physician can usually listen to the bowel sounds as an aid in diagnosing the ailment.

3. There are other references to the reverberation noises that one can hear: Jim thought the room in the hotel was very quiet, except for the old borborygmic radiator that was rumbling until it was turned off.