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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bowel /ˈbaʊəl/

▶noun

1 (often bowels) the intestine.

2 (the bowels of) the deepest inner parts of something.

– origin ME: from OFr. bouel, from L. botellus, dimin. of botulus ‘sausage’.

'bowel' also found in these Oxford entries:

bowel movement - diverticular disease - diverticulitis - IBS - irritable bowel syndrome

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