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irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis

irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis

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

Infrequent or difficult evacuation of feces.

In action of the bowels.

A condition in which the evacuations from the bowels are infrequent or incomplete, more or less fecal matter being retained in the intestine.

Delayed defecation; costive.

The act of crowding or pressing anything into a smaller compass; costiveness.

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.

Infrequent and difficult evaculation of the feces.

A condition in which the evacuations from the bowels are infrequent or difficult.

n. Act of crowding into less compass; condensation; —costiveness; stoppage of the bowels.

The act of crouding any thing into less room ; stoppage, obstruction by plenitude.