Constipation

Conˊsti-pa′tion

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Noun.

[L.

constipatio

a crowding together: cf. F.

constipation

.]

1.

Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.

[Obs.]

Fullness of matter, or a pretty close

constipation

. . . of its particles.

Boyle.

2.

A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened fæces; costiveness.

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Noun.

1.

The act of crowding any thing into a less compass; a pressing together; condensation; as a close constipation of particles.

2.

More generally, a crowding or filling to hardness the intestinal canal, from defective excretion; costiveness; obstipation.

See also: constipation

constipâtion f ‎(uncountable)