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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Of, from, in, or pertaining to, the belly or the intestines; as, alvine discharges; alvine concretions.
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Common diarrhœa—purging, or scours—manifests itself simply by the copiousness and fluidity of the alvine evacuations.
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Two drops, when made into pills with bread, usually produce alvine evacuations in half or three quarters of an hour.
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Consequently, if this secretion is interrupted by disease, there will be a proportionally diminished necessity for alvine evacuations.
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It is sufficiently manifest how much uncomfortable feelings of the bowels affect the nervous system, and how immediately and completely the general disorder is relieved by an alvine evacuation.”—p.
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