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Constipation   Listen
noun
Constipation  n.  
1.
Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. (Obs.) "Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation... of its particles."
2.
A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces; costiveness.





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"Constipation" Quotes from Famous Books



... he has or can invent a wonderful electric machine which he wants to sell to the government for a hundred million dollars; said he would shoot himself and die in prison. Physical condition was not good. Patient suffered from obstinate constipation, peculiar shuffling gait, suggesting partial loss of control of legs and feet. Complained of constant headache on the top of his ...
— Studies in Forensic Psychiatry • Bernard Glueck


Words linked to "Constipation" :   dyschezia, symptom, debasement, impairment, obstipation


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