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| BM |
abbreviation of "bowel movement," the evacuation of waste matter from the bowels. |
| bowelless |
combined form of bowel. |
| bryony |
any of several perennial vines of the gourd family, having fleshy roots and bearing greenish flowers, the juice of which has been used to cause vomiting and bowel movement. |
| costive |
having or causing difficult or infrequent bowel movement; constipated or constipating. [1/2 definitions] |
| diarrhea |
an intestinal condition characterized by frequent and watery bowel movements. |
| dysentery |
an infectious disease of the lower bowel, causing pain, severe diarrhea, and passage of blood and mucus. [2 definitions] |
| endoscope |
a long, slender, tubular optical instrument inserted into an inner, hollow body part, such as the lungs or bowel, esp. for examination, diagnosis, or surgical treatment. |
| endoscopy |
a medical procedure, carried out for the purpose of examination, in which an endoscope, a long, tubular instrument with an attached camera, is inserted into the body, esp. through the throat or bowel. |
| evacuate |
to discharge the contents of (one's bowel or bladder); empty. [1/5 definitions] |
| gripe |
to suffer sharp pains in the bowel. [3/6 definitions] |
| lax |
not firm or easily controllable, as bowel movements. [1/3 definitions] |
| laxative |
stimulative of bowel movement. [1/2 definitions] |
| stool |
the bulk of a bowel movement. [1/5 definitions] |
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