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bowel

[ bou-uhl, boul ]

noun

  1. Anatomy.
    1. Usually bowels. the intestine.
    2. a part of the intestine.
  2. bowels,
    1. the inward or interior parts:

      the bowels of the earth.

    2. Archaic. feelings of pity or compassion.


verb (used with object)

, bow·eled, bow·el·ing or (especially British) bow·elled, bow·el·ling.
  1. to disembowel.

bowel

/ ˈbaʊəl /

noun

  1. an intestine, esp the large intestine in man
  2. plural innards; entrails
  3. plural the deep or innermost part (esp in the phrase the bowels of the earth )
  4. archaic.
    plural the emotions, esp of pity or sympathy


bowel

/ bouəl /

  1. The intestine.


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  • bowel·less adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bowel1

1250–1300; Middle English b ( o ) uel < Old French < Latin botellus little sausage ( bot ( ulus ) sausage + -ellus -elle )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bowel1

C13: from Old French bouel , from Latin botellus a little sausage, from botulus sausage

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Example Sentences

I’d been cramped beneath claustrophobic sheets of canvas or assorted high-tech fabrics and snoring recycled air on the shoulders of some mountain or in the bowels of some canyon.

In the bowels of the stadium, near where the athletes lined up to enter the ceremonies for the scaled down parade of nations, hung a true catch-all sign that captured the essentials that the pandemic has prioritized.

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With each minute that I advanced further into the bowels of Louisiana, the strange feeling grew within me that if we got lost no one would be able to find us.

His face hit the pavement, and he lost control of his bowels.

Medics hypothesized that the large intestine was a visceral leftover from the time when our ancestors had to run from predators and often didn’t have time to stop long enough to empty their bowels.

Anything in your gut sticks to the surface of charcoal like a magnet and gets carried out through a bowel movement.

Take, for example, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that affects some 15 percent of Americans.

The tumor in his colon had spread to four of his lymph nodes and penetrated the bowel wall.

The thing is that autoimmune diseases—like diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, and rheumatoid arthritis—are on the rise.

But new research shows it is indeed real, and may be the cause of asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, and more.

Yellowish or brown, needle-like or rhombic crystals of hematoidin (Fig. 32) may be seen after hemorrhage into the bowel.

Glycerine and soapy water, equal parts, may be introduced into the bowel for temporary relief of a persistent constipation.

Hence it follows that the lower bowel should be emptied of this matter as frequently as possible, at least once a day.

This contains no food value, and does not ferment, but fills the lower bowel and stimulates it to activity.

Stomach and bowel troubles, and the nervous disorders occasioned by these, stop almost immediately when you fast.

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