bowel
Gut inside you
The bowels are the intestines—the lower part of the digestive tract.
The word appears most often in plural: bowel movements, irritable bowel syndrome.
Figuratively, the bowels of something are its deepest interior: the bowels of the earth, the bowels of the ship.
The singular bowel typically modifies other nouns: bowel cancer, bowel obstruction.
Digestive tract organ
- colonLarge intestine section
- rectumTerminal intestinal chamber
- ileumLast small intestine segment
- jejunumSecond small intestine portion
duodenum · cecum · sigmoid · ascending colon · descending colon · large intestine · small intestine · anus
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- fecesSolid digestive waste
- defecationExpulsion of feces
- excrementSolid bodily waste
- fecalOf solid waste
waste · constipation · diarrhea · loose · impaction · incontinence · laxative · enema
Involuntary digestive muscle waves
- digestionBodily food breakdown
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- motilitySelf-generated movement capacity
transit · regularity · evacuation · voiding · passage · contractions · movement · flora
Chronic intestinal inflammation disorder
- ulcerative colitisInflammatory bowel condition with sores
- diverticulitisInfected intestinal outpouchings
- colon cancerMalignant growth in large intestine
- celiac diseaseAutoimmune intestinal gluten reaction
obstruction · perforation · polyps · colitis · enteritis · megacolon · ileus · fistula
Involuntary muscle tightening
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- distensionEnlargement from pressure
- spasmsSudden involuntary muscle contractions
gripes · colic · pain · discomfort · rumbling · gurgling · tenderness · nausea
intestine
Digestive tract organ
jejunum · duodenum · cecum · sigmoid · ascending colon · descending colon · large intestine · small intestine · anus · mucosa
stool
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- fecesSolid digestive waste
- defecationExpulsion of feces
- excrementSolid bodily waste
fecal · waste · constipation · diarrhea · loose · impaction · incontinence · laxative · enema · suppository
peristalsis
Involuntary digestive muscle waves
- digestionBodily food breakdown
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
motility · transit · regularity · evacuation · voiding · passage · contractions · movement · flora · microbiome
Crohn's disease
Chronic intestinal inflammation disorder
- ulcerative colitisInflammatory bowel condition with sores
- diverticulitisInfected intestinal outpouchings
- colon cancerMalignant growth in large intestine
celiac disease · obstruction · perforation · polyps · colitis · enteritis · megacolon · ileus · fistula · stricture
cramps
Involuntary muscle tightening
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- distensionEnlargement from pressure
spasms · gripes · colic · pain · discomfort · rumbling · gurgling · tenderness · nausea · urgency
colonoscopy
Large intestine examination
- endoscopyInternal organ examination
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- screeningEvaluative selection process
resection · colectomy · colostomy · ileostomy · ostomy · stoma · irrigation · prep · lavage · imaging
- digestionstomach acid, swallowing, digesting, chewing, digestion
- gutintestine, small intestine, large intestine, colon, guts
- body passagesmouth, nose, ear, nostril, anus
- Intestinesintestine, intestines, small intestine, large intestine, gut
- colorectalcolon, rectum, anus, cecum, caecum
- gut anatomyintestine, intestines, gut, small intestine, large intestine
- bowel movementFecal discharge from body
- bowel cancersMalignant intestinal tract tumors
- bowel preparationPre-procedural intestinal emptying
- irritable bowel syndromeFunctional gastrointestinal disorder
- bowel controlVoluntary defecation regulation
- bowel crampsPainful intestinal muscle contractions
bowels, disembowel, bowel movement, disemboweled, disemboweling, bowel movements, bowel obstruction