bowel

intestino, intestinos

Órganos largos en forma de tubo que absorben nutrientes de los alimentos y transportan los desechos.

En inglés sencillo: The long tubes inside your body that take useful things from food and carry away waste.

• The doctor asked about her bowel movements.
• This medicine helps you empty your bowels.
• Food passes through the bowel after leaving the stomach.

Sinónimos: intestines, gut

Expresiones frecuentes: bowel movement, bowel health

intestino

Una sección concreta del intestino, por donde pasan los alimentos y los desechos.

En inglés sencillo: A particular section of the tubes that carry food and waste through your body.

• The scan showed a blocked section of bowel.
• Surgeons removed part of the damaged bowel.
• The large bowel takes water from food waste.

Sinónimos: intestine

Expresiones frecuentes: small bowel, large bowel

entrañas

Las partes más profundas del interior de un lugar o un objeto grande.

En inglés sencillo: The deepest parts inside a large place or object.

• The engine rumbled in the bowels of the ship.
• They disappeared into the bowels of the old building.
• Water flowed through tunnels deep in the bowels of the earth.

Cómo se usa: the bowels of something (The treasure lay in the bowels of the castle.)

Sinónimos: depths, interior

Expresiones frecuentes: bowel of something, bowel of the earth