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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There had been an alvine evacuation during the time in which he lay in the blankets.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
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.
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William
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.
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
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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