bowel : Idioms & Phrases
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bowel movement
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noun a euphemism for defecation
bm; movement.
- he had a bowel movement
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Consumption of the bowels
(Med.) , inflammation and ulceration of the intestines from tubercular disease.
Webster 1913
inflammatory bowel disease
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noun inflammation of the colon
colitis.
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irritable bowel syndrome
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noun recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress
mucous colitis; spastic colon.
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looseness of the bowels
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noun frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
looseness; diarrhea; diarrhoea.
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Movement of the bowels
- an evacuation or stool; a passage or discharge.
