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bowel

[bau-uhl, baul] / ˈbaʊ əl, baʊl /




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The amplitude of the bowel sounds nearly doubled, the sounds were present during a much larger share of the recordings, and the number of individual sounds per minute also increased.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

Understanding those rapid changes could help explain why even a relatively short walk may help stimulate bowel function.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

This can be on the bowel or in the lungs - and the cells multiply, creating raw and angry sores.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Uden didn't confess until five years later, in 2025, when he was having cancer treatment himself - for bowel cancer.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

“From now on,” he said, his face utterly serious, “I want a full report on all of your bowel movements.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

“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

Between my sobs and his sighs, the other servers tucked past, wondering what was happening but not really wanting to deal with the crazy person watching their co-worker badger-dig into the bowels of this cabinet.

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

By the time he had a video examination of his bowels – called a colonoscopy – the cancer was so large it blocked the camera from getting in.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

They spiraled lower, into the bowels of the rock.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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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