constipation

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

costiveness

irregularity

impairment

constiveness

deadening

stultification

colostais

coprostasia

obstipation

digestive disorders

hyperchlorhydria

dyspepsia

rumen atony

epistasis

suppression of urine

intestinal obstruction

coprostasis

suffer from constipation

depraved appetite

indigestion

flatulence

scours

stomach ache

Translations

constipation

Verstopfung

costipazione

estreñimiento

stitichezza

constipatie

δυσκοιλιότητα

Obstipation

verstopping

obstipatie

prisão de ventre

stipsi

constipación

🥶

obstipação

restrenyiment