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bowel

[bou-uhl, boul] / ˈbaʊ əl, baʊl /




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The father of two has since lost part of his bowel to cancer and remains too ill to work.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

"One important next step is to determine how this epithelial metabolic pathway operates in human intestinal disease, especially in patients with inflammatory bowel disease," Yu said.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

This would include emergency procedures like appendicitis or a blocked bowel.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

He posted on social media about various health ailments, including irritable bowel syndrome and spondylolisthesis, a condition caused by a vertebra slipping out of place.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Frenchy’s bowel scourer proved to be so fabulously potent that bottles of it spontaneously exploded in the jockeys’ room lavatory.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

“For a program that’s been around since 2013, it was shocking that you’d come across its cancellation, effectively, in the corner of the bowels of a subpage of the internet.”

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

It’s making fun of yourself in a way — like some old Victorian actor in the bowels of the theater taking his makeup off and wondering what it all means.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

NEW YORK—More than a million fans will visit New York City this month for the World Cup, and many of them will squeeze through the decaying bowels of Pennsylvania Station while they’re here.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

"It spread to my bladder and bowels, causing separate issues and another diagnosis of 'painful bladder syndrome'," she added.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

He was in the dripping, reeking bowels of the earth.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

He lightly runs to earth the quaint   Red worm and, deftly troweling,   He makes it with his boweling Familiarly acquaint.

From Black Beetles in Amber by Ambrose Bierce




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