bowelnoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/ˈbaʊ.əl/us/ˈbaʊ.əl/the long tube that carries solid waste from the stomach out of the body:
He has trouble with his bowels.
bowel cancer/cancer of the bowel
move your bowels
(said especially by doctors and nurses) to excrete (= pass from the body) the solid waste that is contained in the bowels
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The digestive system
- anus
- asshole
- cecum
- chyme
- colonic
- colorectal
- digestive system
- gastrointestinal
- ileum
- innards
- intestine
- ng
- oesophageal
- oesophagus
- omental
- omentum
- sigmoid
- tummy
- ureter
- urogenital
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Animal physiology: excrement & its excretion
Idiom(s)
the bowels of sth