constipation
noun/ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃn/
/ˌkɑːnstɪˈpeɪʃn/
[uncountable]- the condition of being unable to get rid of waste material from the bowels easily (= being constipated)Topics Health problemsc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- severe
- chronic
- bout
- have
- suffer from
- cause
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘contraction of body tissues’): from late Latin constipatio(n-), from the verb constipare, from con- ‘together’ + stipare ‘press, cram’.Definitions on the go
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