bowel

Example Sentences

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A cancer patient had the wrong part of their bowel removed during an operation after a surgeon mistook a tattoo for the site of a tumour, a report has said.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Several Manhattan private-school parents said another key to getting extra time—and unlimited bathroom breaks—is enlisting a gastroenterologist to diagnose inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Persistent abdominal pain, blood in the stool, unexplained weight loss, and lasting changes in bowel habits should not be ignored, particularly in younger adults who may assume they are too young to develop the disease.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Geeta said in the years following her injury she was "quite housebound to avoid the fear and the shame that comes with bowel incontinence".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

I had to flick on the bathroom lights fast so that no small shadow would take a baby shape, sometimes seated on the edge of the bathtub, its hopes for a bowel movement so exaggerated.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston