alvine
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of alvine
1745–55; < Latin alvīnus, equivalent to alv ( us ) belly + -īnus -ine 1
Example Sentences
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Consequently, if this secretion is interrupted by disease, there will be a proportionally diminished necessity for alvine evacuations.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
In the course of time the button loosens itself into the interior of the bowel and comes away with the alvine evacuation.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
It is true that the kernel causes colic and copious alvine discharges.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
The influence on the alvine process is if anything even more marked than that on the assimilative process.
From The Electric Bath by George M. Schweig
The Leaves.—It has an herbaceous roughish taste, and hence stands recommended in haemorrhages and alvine fluxes.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
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