BOWELS

[plural] [noun], specialized bowel [noun] [C] - a long tube through which food travels from the stomach and out of the body while it is being digested, esp. the larger part of this tube in humans, where excrement is formed; the intestineEating plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables can reduce the risk of bowel cancer/cancer of the bowel.(medical) If you move your bowels, you excrete the solid waste that they contain.The bowels of something are the parts of it that are furthest away from the outside.The paintings were stored in the bowels of the castle throughout the war.People used to believe that monsters lived deep in the bowels of the earth.(medical) Are your bowel movements normal? (= Is your body regularly excreting solid waste?)