bowel
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈbaʊəl/
- Specialized
:
intestino
- Her abdomen was soft and non-tender in all quadrants, and bowel sounds were normal.
- bowel movements
- irritable bowel syndrome
- bowel syndrome
Listen to you know, I got trouble with my bowels, so leave me alone.
- Listen to you know, I got trouble with my bowels, so leave me alone.
- She couldn't wear slippers and her she'd lost control of her bowel and her urination.
- It's been linked with bowel cancer, heart disease, not feeling feelings.
- It's like, oh I'm back now, I just emptied my bowels.
- And so they did an ultrasound and the ultrasound showed an obstruction in her bowels.
- So the the biggest killers for cancer for men would be prostate, lung, and bowel.
- So they can implant on the side walls of your body, they can implant on the bladder, the bowel, the under surface of the diaphragm.
- This can stop the bowel working what we call bowel obstruction or even worse cause strangulation.
- The most common side effect by none is which can frighten you so much is to get dark coloured bowel motions or black stools when you first start taking iron.
- Also no, it's for my esophagus and my my small bowel.
- The child is born, the bowel is full of meconium.
- So I typically feel my bowel movements are normal.
Examples
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l haven't had a bowel movement in 14 days.
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Occasionally, endometriosis can affect other parts of the body, such as the bowel or lungs.
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So I typically feel my bowel movements are normal.
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It's been linked with bowel cancer, heart disease, not feeling feelings.
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OK, Megan, have you done your bowel movement for the day?
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But your bowels are more than just frequency and number.
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And one of the consequences of irritating the bowel is you want to get rid of that and you have a bowel movement.
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This can stop the bowel working what we call bowel obstruction or even worse cause strangulation.
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History taking should include abdominal and bowel symptoms, plus an assessment of dietary and lifestyle habits.
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Exercise stimulates contractions of the bowel, encouraging the passing of gas and waste.
Synonyms
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3.3
The long tube in the body that digests food after the stomach
112
3.2
The long tube after the stomach that takes in nutrients and water and moves waste to the anus
Compounds
- Specialized
3
3.7
A common condition that causes belly pain and changes in toilet habits, often after stress
- Specialized
1
3.4
A long-term illness that makes the gut swollen and sore, usually Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bowel comes from the Latin word botellus, which meant 'small sausage' because people long ago thought the long, tube-like intestines looked like sausages. So bowel now means the long tubes inside your body that move food and waste.