CONSTIPATION
\kˌɒnstɪpˈe͡ɪʃən], \kˌɒnstɪpˈeɪʃən], \k_ˌɒ_n_s_t_ɪ_p_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CONSTIPATION
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
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- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis
By Princeton University
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irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces; costiveness.
By Oddity Software
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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Constipatio from constipare, (con and stipare, stipatum,) To cram close A state of the bowels in which the evacuations do not take place as frequently as usual; or are inordinately hard, and expelled with difficulty. It may be owing either to diminished action of the muscular coat if the intestines, or to diminished secretion from the mucous membrane, or to both. Cathartics will usually remove it; after which its exciting and predisponent causes must be inquired into and obviated, to render the cure permanent.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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