Phrase Hound found 18 phrases and 10 compound words that contain bowel. The most common are listed below. Open bowel in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 18
- bowel movementThe discharge of feces from the body, an act of defecation.
- irritable bowel syndromeA functional disorder causing the nerves and muscles of the large intestine to be oversensitive, leading to symptoms such as cramp, bloating, flatulence, diarrhoea and constipation.
- Irritable bowel
- bowel movementsplural of bowel movement: The discharge of feces from the body, an act of defecation.
- small bowelSynonym of small intestine: The upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum.
- Inflammatory bowel
- inflammatory bowel diseaseAny of several gastrointestinal inflammatory disorders, forms of colitis (and sometimes also ileocolitis) not resulting from an infection.
- bowel obstructionAn obstruction of the intestines which prevents normal digestion.
- book bowelEllipsis of book bowel tendency and singular of book bowels; a tendency to experience bowel movements as a result of the Mariko Aoki phenomenon.
- bowel cancerAny of the many types of cancers affecting the gastrointestinal tract, rectum, or colon.
- large bowelSynonym of large intestine: The second to last part of the digestive system, comprising the cecum, colon and rectum.
- Super BowelSynonym of Super Bowl: The championship game of the NFL played in early February between two teams, one each in the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference.
- book bowel tendencySynonym of Mariko Aoki phenomenon: The common urge to defecate when entering a bookstore or library.
- short bowel syndromeA rare malabsorption disorder caused by a lack of functional small intestine.
- bowel cancersplural of bowel cancer: Any of the many types of cancers affecting the gastrointestinal tract, rectum, or colon.
- bowel transit timeThe amount of time that it takes for food to travel from the mouth to the end of the intestine.
- bowel obstructionsplural of bowel obstruction: An obstruction of the intestines which prevents normal digestion.
- gay bowel syndromeAny of various sexually transmitted infections of the rectum observed in gay men.
Compound words 10
- disbowelTo disembowel.
- nonbowelNot relating to the bowel.
- unbowelTo deprive of the entrails; to disembowel.
- embowelTo enclose or bury.
- bowellismhigh tech architecture; a style of architecture that places pipes, ducts and other mechanical utilities outside the building to maximise interior space.
- bowellessWithout pity.
- bowellingpresent participle and gerund of bowel
- bowelledsimple past and past participle of bowel
- SuperbowelMisspelling of Superbowl: The championship game of the NFL played in early February between two teams, one each in the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference.
- bowelismAlternative form of bowellism: high tech architecture; a style of architecture that places pipes, ducts and other mechanical utilities outside the building to maximise interior space.