Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The intestine.
- noun A part or division of the intestine.
- noun The interior of something.
- noun Archaic The seat of pity or the gentler emotions.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To take out the bowels of; eviscerate; penetrate the bowels of; disembowel.
- noun One of the intestines of an animal; a division of the alimentary canal below the stomach; a gut, especially of man: chiefly used in the plural to denote the intestines collectively.
- noun One of the viscera; any internal organ of the body, as the stomach, liver, brain, etc.
- noun plural The interior part of anything.
- noun plural The inner parts as the seat of pity or kindness; hence, tenderness; compassion.
- noun plural Offspring; children.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.
- noun Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything.
- noun The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion.
- noun obsolete Offspring.
- transitive verb To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A part or division of the
intestines , usually thelarge intestine . - noun in the plural The
entrails orintestines ; the internal organs of the stomach. - noun in the plural The (
deep )interior of something. - noun in the plural, archaic The seat of
pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy. - verb To
disembowel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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On the day of the procedure, your child will have an abdominal X-ray to determine whether the bowel is clean of stool.
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If so, the bowel is covered by a sheet of protective material and gradually returns to the abdominal cavity by gravity.
Gastroschisis 2010
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The bowel is returned to the abdominal cavity, and the abdominal wall is closed during one procedure.
Gastroschisis 2010
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Sometimes, a part of the liver or bowel is on top of the stomach.
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But hey, my friend Darren exited a 3-week emergency stay at the hospital with a ruptured bowel from a lithotripsy gone awry.
Just Another American Healthcare Story aka TBTAM 2008
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A hole that her bladder and/or bowel is likely to prolapse into.
In Defense of the Hysterectomy aka TBTAM 2007
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And once you stop using laxatives, rebound constipation can occur, creating long-term bowel difficulties.
The Four Types of Laxatives: How Each Works and the Risks they Pose 2008
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Help your child to understand that we call bowel movements “waste” because they are something our bodies make that we are supposed to “throw away.”
pottytrain your child in just one day Teri Crane 2006
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Help your child to understand that we call bowel movements “waste” because they are something our bodies make that we are supposed to “throw away.”
pottytrain your child in just one day Teri Crane 2006
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The amount of time this takes is called bowel transit time BTT.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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