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bowel

[bou-uhl, boul] / ˈbaʊ əl, baʊl /




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The reports followed growing concerns among customers over the illness, which the CDC said can cause “sometimes explosive bowel movements.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

A midstage trial for the same drug in adults with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea and mixed bowel habits will continue to evaluate its efficacy and safety, GSK said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Those infected may be asymptomatic or experience uncomfortable symptoms, including “watery diarrhea with frequent and sometimes explosive bowel movements.”

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

Testing kits require tiny stool samples which doctors check for blood, helping to detect bowel cancer early.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Humbaba had the worst case of irritable bowel syndrome known to medical science.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Some mothers have been left with permanent damage to their bladder and bowels, while one said her daughter suffered a neonatal stroke due to the condition, leaving her with cerebral palsy.

From BBC Jun. 13, 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

Soon afterward, he was in the hospital, receiving treatment for a blockage in his bowels.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 5, 2026

Somewhere in the bowels of my music collection hides 1985’s George Clinton-produced “Freaky Styley” and 1987’s “The Uplift Mofo Party Plan” on crumbling cassettes.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2026

Lyddie hastened to grab a cloth and take a pie Mrs. Bedlow was removing from the bowels of the stove.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

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 Bierce, Ambrose




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