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.
- transitive verb To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
- 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.
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.
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The bowel is returned to the abdominal cavity, and the abdominal wall is closed during one procedure.
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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.
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A hole that her bladder and/or bowel is likely to prolapse into.
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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
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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.”
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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.”
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The amount of time this takes is called bowel transit time BTT.
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