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BOWEL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus

Synonyms:

bowel; gut; intestine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("bowel" is a kind of...):

internal organ; viscus (a main organ that is situated inside the body)

Meronyms (parts of "bowel"):

hindgut (the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bowel"):

small intestine (the longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed)

large intestine (beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces)

Holonyms ("bowel" is a part of...):

abdomen; belly; stomach; venter (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)

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 Context examples: 

Patient Health Questionnaire - 15 (PHQ-15) Constipation, loose bowels, or diarrhea.

(PHQ-15 - Constipation, Loose Bowels, or Diarrhea, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon oral administration, the PEG-3350, sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acid-based laxative promotes the retention of water in the bowel.

(PEG-3350/Sodium Sulfate/Sodium Chloride/Potassium Chloride/Sodium Ascorbate/Ascorbic Acid-based Laxative, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, irritable colon, and spastic colon.

(Mucus colitis, NCI Dictionary)

The capsule endoscope passes out of the body during a bowel movement.

(Capsule endoscope, NCI Dictionary)

Following rectal or oral administration, only a small amount of mesalamine is absorbed; the remainder, acting topically, reduces bowel inflammation, diarrhea, rectal bleeding and stomach pain.

(Mesalamine, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of breast carcinoma and diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.

(MIR510 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of breast cancer and diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.

(MIR510 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A33 antigen, a 43 kDa transmembrane glycoprotein of the immunoglobulin superfamily, is highly and homogenously expressed in 95% of colorectal cancer cancers with only restricted expression in normal colonic mucosa and small bowel epithelia.

(Anti-A33 Monoclonal Antibody KRN330, NCI Thesaurus)

The bowel has two parts, the small bowel and the large bowel.

(Bowel, NCI Dictionary)

Changes in these microbes have been associated with several diseases including obesity, type 2 diabetes, and irritable bowel syndrome.

(Food additives promote inflammation, colon cancer in mice, National Institutes of Health)