'Constipation' definitions:

Definition of 'constipation'

From: WordNet
noun
Irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis [syn: constipation, irregularity]
noun
The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) [syn: stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening]

Definition of 'Constipation'

From: GCIDE
  • Constipation \Con`sti*pa"tion\, n. [L. constipatio a crowding together: cf. F. constipation.]
  • 1. Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation . . . of its particles. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened f[ae]ces; costiveness. [1913 Webster]

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