bowel

Pronunciation

• enPR: bou'əl or boul, IPA ^(key): /ˈbaʊ.əl/ or /baʊl/

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• Hyphenation: bow‧el

Noun

Singular bowel

Plural bowels

1. (medicine) The bowel is an internal organ which helps an organism digest food.
   • Synonym: intestine