| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Expression | 1. Of Bowel.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb bowel.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (bowel) | 1. To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.[Websters]. 2. Base verb from the following inflections: boweling, bowelling, boweled, bowelled, bowels, boweler, boweller, bowelers, bowellers, bowelingly, bowellingly, boweledly and bowelledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Specialty Definition: bowel
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Religion | The long tube-shaped organ in the abdomen that completes the process of digestion. There is both a small and a large bowel. Also called the intestine. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: bowel
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Bowel movement | A euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement". Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Bowel obstruction | Bowel obstruction is mechanical blockage of the intestines, preventing the normal transit of the products of digestion. It can occur at any level in the digestive tract, and is a medical emergency. Although many cases are not treated surgically, it is a surgical problem. (references) | ||
| Bowel of Chiley | Bowel of Chiley is a tape-only self-released album by Mr. Bungle. Today it is a extremely rare collectors item. (references) | ||
| Bowel perforation | A bowel perforation is a complete penetration of the intestinal wall resulting in the potential for bacterial contamination of the abdominal cavity (a condition known as peritonitis). (references) | ||
| Functional bowel disorder | In medicine, the term functional bowel disorder refers to a group of disorders which are characterised by chronic abdominal complaints without a structural or biochemical cause that could explain symptoms. (references) | ||
| Inflammatory bowel disease | In medicine, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the large intestine and, in some cases, the small intestine. (references) | ||
| Irritable bowel syndrome | In medicine (gastroenterology), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or spastic colon is a group of functional bowel disorders which are fairly common and make up 20-50% of visits to gastroenterologists. There are three forms, dependent on which symptom predominates: diarrhea-predominant (IBS-D), constipation-predominant (IBS-C) and IBS with alternating stool pattern (IBS-A). (references) | ||
| Short bowel syndrome | Short bowel syndrome is a malabsorption disorder caused by either the surgical removal of the small intestine or the loss of its absorptive function due to diseases. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: bowel
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bowel Movement | Health | Body wastes passed through the rectum and anus. (references) | |
| Bowel Prep | Health | The process used to clean the colon with enemas and a special drink. Used before surgery of the colon, colonoscopy, or barium x-ray. (references) | |
| Inflammatory bowel disease | Health | A general term that refers to the inflammation of the colon and rectum. Inflammatory bowel disease includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. (references) | |
| Inflammatory Bowel Diseases | Health | Chronic, non-specific disorders of unknown etiology. Includes Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis. Extracolonic manifestations are often associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and involve the liver, joints and skin. (references) | |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Health | A disorder that comes and goes. Nerves that control the muscles in the GI tract are too active. The GI tract becomes sensitive to food, stool, gas, and stress. Causes abdominal pain, bloating, and constipation or diarrhea. Also called spastic colon or mucous colitis. (references) | |
| Short Bowel Syndrome | Health | A malabsorption syndrome resulting from extensive operative resection of small bowel. (references) | |
| Small Bowel Enema | Health | X-rays of the small intestine taken as barium liquid passes through the organ. Also called small bowel follow-through. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: bowel | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Irritable bowel syndrome | 204 | Biological therapy for inflammatory bowel disease | 58 | |
| Biological therapy for inflammatory bowel disease | 58 | Bowel infarction | 3 | |
| Small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome | 39 | Bowel obstruction | 20 | |
| Inflammatory bowel disease | 25 | Bowel of Chiley | 15 | |
| Bowel obstruction | 20 | Bowel resection | 3 | |
| Bowel of Chiley | 15 | Functional bowel disorder | 7 | |
| Short bowel syndrome | 11 | Inflammatory bowel disease | 25 | |
| Whole bowel irrigation | 11 | Irritable bowel syndrome | 204 | |
| Functional bowel disorder | 7 | Short bowel syndrome | 11 | |
| Small bowel follow-through | 5 | Small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome | 39 | |
| Bowel resection | 3 | Small bowel follow-through | 5 | |
| Bowel infarction | 3 | Whole bowel irrigation | 11 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
