constipation
See also: constipâtion
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin constīpātiō, from cōnstīpō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editconstipation (countable and uncountable, plural constipations)
- A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces
- Synonym: costiveness
- The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editstate of bowels
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editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom Latin cōnstīpātiōnem.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editconstipation f (plural constipations)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “constipation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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