constipation

From Latin constīpātiō, from cōnstīpō.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

constipation (countable and uncountable, plural constipations)

1. The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, 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

   Synonym: costiveness

• Constipation in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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From Latin cōnstīpātiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃s.ti.pa.sjɔ̃/

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constipation f (plural constipations)

1. constipation

• constiper

• “constipation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.