constipation
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constipation
- /ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
First attested in the beginning of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English constipacioun, borrowed from Medieval Latin constīpātiō or its Old French equivalent, from cōnstīpō + -tiō. By surface analysis, constipate + -ion.
noun constipations
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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.
If you also knew how to combine foods—that is, what foods eaten together “set well,” you need never have indigestion, constipation or any of the headachy, stomachachy ills they lead to.
Similar: costiveness
- The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: irregularity, catch, stegnosis, fecal impaction, costiveness, obstipation, impaction, obstruction, dyschezia, crowding, oppilation, congestion, cramming, compression, concretion, cram
Translations
Every language
noun state of bowels
| Español | constipación, estreñimiento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 변비 byeonbi |
| 日本語 | 便秘 benpi |
| 中文 | 便秘 biànmì |
| हिन्दी | कब्ज kabj, कब्ज़ kabz |
| Português | constipação, prisão de ventre |
| Français | constipation |
| Deutsch | Obstipation, Verstopfung |
| Italiano | stipsi, stitichezza |
| Ελληνικά | δυσκοιλιότητα dyskoiliótita |
| Română | constipație |
| Русский | запо́р zapór, констипа́ция konstipácija |
| Tiếng Việt | táo bón |
| العربية | إِمْسَاك ʔimsāk |
| עברית | עֲצִירוּת |
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title = {constipation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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