bowel — c.1300, from O.Fr. boele intestines, bowels, innards (12c., Mod.Fr. boyau), from M.L. botellus small intestine, originally sausage, dim. of botulus sausage, a word borrowed from Oscan Umbrian, from PIE *gwet /*geut intestine (Cf. L. guttur throat … Etymology dictionary
Bowel — Bow el, n. [OE. bouel, bouele, OF. boel, boele, F. boyau, fr. L. botellus a small sausage, in LL. also intestine, dim. of L. botulus sausage.] [1913 Webster] 1. One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; generally… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bowel — Bow el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boweled} or {Bowelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boweling} or {Bowelling}.] To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bowel — ► NOUN 1) the intestine. 2) (bowels) the deepest inner parts of something. ORIGIN Latin botellus little sausage … English terms dictionary
bowel — [bou′əl] n. [ME bouel < boele < OFr buele < ML botellum, intestine < L botellus, dim. of botulus, sausage, via Oscan or Umbrian < IE base * gwet , a swelling > OE cwitha, womb] 1. an intestine, esp. of a human being; gut usually … English World dictionary
bowel — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ large, small ▪ irritable ▪ irritable bowel syndrome VERB + BOWEL ▪ empty, evacuate … Collocations dictionary
Bowel — Another name for the intestine. The small bowel and the large bowel are the small intestine and large intestine, respectively. The word bowel originated from the Latin botulus meaning sausage because the outside of the intestine looked like a… … Medical dictionary
bowel — UK [ˈbaʊəl] / US noun [countable] Word forms bowel : singular bowel plural bowels the part of your body where faeces (= solid waste) are formed. This word is usually used in the plural, except in medical language cancer of the bowel • the bowels… … English dictionary
bowel — The long, tube shaped organ in the abdomen that completes the process of digestion. The bowel has two parts, the small bowel and the large bowel. Also called the intestine … English dictionary of cancer terms
bowel — bow|el [ˈbauəl] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: boel, from Medieval Latin botellus, from Latin botulus; BOTULISM] 1.) bowels [plural] the system of tubes inside your body where food is made into solid waste material and through which it … Dictionary of contemporary English
bowel — noun 1 bowels (plural) the system of tubes inside your body where food is made into solid waste material and through which it passes out of your body; intestine: move/empty your bowels (=get rid of solid waste from your body) 2 (singular) one… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
