About The Word Constipation
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Constipation
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What's The Definition Of Constipation?
[n] the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
[n] irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis Synonyms | Synonyms for Constipation: deadening | impairment | irregularity | stultification Related Terms | Find terms related to Constipation: abscess | ague | anemia | ankylosis | anoxia | apnea | asphyxiation | asthma | ataxia | atrophy | backache | bar | barrier | blank wall | bleeding | blennorhea | blind alley | blind gut | block | blockade | blockage | bottleneck | cachexia | cachexy | cardialgia | cecum | chill | chills | choking | choking off | cholera morbus | clog | colic | congestion | convulsion | costiveness | coughing | cul-de-sac | cyanosis | dead end | diarrhea | dizziness | dropsy | dysentery | dyspepsia | dyspnea | edema | emaciation | embolism | embolus | fainting | fatigue | fever | fibrillation | flux | gorge | gripe | gripes | growth | heartburn | hemorrhage | high blood pressure | hydrops | hypertension | hypotension | icterus | impasse | impediment | indigestion | infarct | infarction | inflammation | insomnia | irregularity | itching | jam | jaundice | labored breathing | lientery | low blood pressure | lumbago | marasmus | nasal discharge | nausea | necrosis | obstacle | obstipation | obstruction | pain | paralysis | pruritus | pyrosis | rash | rheum | sclerosis | sealing off | seizure | shock | skin eruption | sneezing | sore | spasm | stop | stoppage | strangulation | tabes | tachycardia | trots | tumor | upset stomach | vertigo | vomiting | wasting See Also | debasement | degradation | dyschezia | fecal impaction | obstipation | symptom Constipation In Webster's Dictionary \Con`sti*pa"tion\, n. [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 f[ae]ces; costiveness.
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