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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The first alvine discharges after we received food were, as Hearne remarks on a similar occasion, attended with excessive pain.
From The Journey to the Polar Sea by Franklin, John
"At least six times in every fleeting day Some tribute to the renal functions pay, And twice or thrice all alvine calls obey."
From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Jamison, Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton)
The alvine evacuations were rare; it is believed that he passed several weeks without any, but the secretion of urine seemed more regular.
From Fasting Girls Their Physiology and Pathology by Hammond, William Alexander
The influence on the alvine process is if anything even more marked than that on the assimilative process.
From The Electric Bath by Schweig, George M.
L. E. D.—This bark is a strong astringent; and hence stands recommended in haemorrhagies, alvine fluxes, and other preternatural or immoderate secretions.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William
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