Alvine: alternatives and connections

The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum…

Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands.

Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.

Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; a…

That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.

To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produce…

The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.

Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges.

A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily thr…

Alt. of Catharical

A remedy that purges by alvine discharges.

The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestine…

The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.

Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation; producing or containing concretions.

The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo.

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or electrical battery, b…

Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach.