constipation

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (countable, uncountable) A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.

Concepten

obstipatie

hardlijvigheid

Frequentie

28k
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/
Etymologie (Engels)

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.

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