Definition of Bowel. Meaning of Bowel. Synonyms of Bowel

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Definition of Bowel

Bowel
Bowel Bow"el, n. [OE. bouel, bouele, OF. boel, boele, F. boyau, fr. L. botellus a small sausage, in LL. also intestine, dim. of L. botulus sausage.] 1. One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural. He burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. --Acts i. 18. 2. pl. Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth. His soldiers . . . cried out amain, And rushed into the bowels of the battle. --Shak. 3. pl. The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion. ``Thou thing of no bowels.' --Shak. Bloody Bonner, that corpulent tyrant, full (as one said) of guts, and empty of bowels. --Fuller. 4. pl. Offspring. [Obs.] --Shak.
Bowel
Bowel Bow"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boweled or Bowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Boweling or Bowelling.] To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.

Meaning of Bowel from wikipedia

- Bowel obstruction, also known as intestinal obstruction, is a mechanical or functional obstruction of the intestines which prevents the normal movement...
- symptoms to IBS. Bowel twist (or similarly, bowel strangulation) is a comparatively rare event (usually developing sometime after major bowel surgery). It...
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a "disorder of gut-brain interaction" characterized by a group of symptoms that commonly include abdominal pain, abdominal...
- Constipation is a bowel dysfunction that makes bowel movements infrequent or hard to p****. The stool is often hard and dry. Other symptoms may include...
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine, with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (UC)...
- The small intestine or small bowel is an organ in the gastrointestinal tract where most of the absorption of nutrients from food takes place. It lies...
- ranging from the common, like ****ing or ****ping, to the technical, e.g. bowel movement, to the obscene (****ting), to the euphemistic ("going for a number...
- Bowel infarction or gangrenous bowel represents an irreversible injury to the intestine resulting from insufficient blood flow. It is considered a medical...
- various diseases of the bowel, as well as a clinical communication aid; including being part of the diagnostic triad for irritable bowel syndrome. The seven...
- involving the endoscopic examination of the large bowel (colon) and the distal portion of the small bowel. This examination is performed using either a CCD...