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Webster 1913 Edition


Constipation

Conˊsti-pa′tion

,
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Constipation

CONSTIPATION

,
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.

Definition 2024


constipation

constipation

See also: constipâtion

English

Noun

constipation (countable and uncountable, plural constipations)

  1. Act of crowding anything into a lesser compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.
  2. A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces; costiveness.

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French

Etymology

From Latin constīpātiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃s.ti.pa.sjɔ̃/

Noun

constipation f (plural constipations)

  1. constipation

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