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Constipation   /kˌɑnstəpˈeɪʃən/   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



... counsel thee, etc. Wherever thou beer drinkest, invoke to thee the power of earth; for earth is good against drink, fire for distempers, the oak for constipation, a corn-ear for sorcery, a hall for domestic strife. In bitter hates invoke the moon; the biter for bite-injuries is good; but runes against calamity; fluid ...
— The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson • Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
... 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 ...
— Studies in Forensic Psychiatry • Bernard Glueck
... writing here, sick and grown old, Not my least burden is that dulness of the years, querilities, Ungracious glooms, aches, lethargy, constipation, whimpering ennui, May filter ...
— Leaves of Grass • Walt Whitman
... fortigi. Consonant (letter) konsonanto. Consonant unuforma. Consort kunulo. Conspicuous videgebla. Conspiracy konspiro. Conspire konspiri. Constant konstanta. Constellation stelaro. Consternation konsterno. Constipation mallakso. Constitution konstitucio. Constitutional konstitucia. Constraint devigo. Construct konstrui. Construction (building) konstruajxo. Consul konsulo. Consulate konsulejo. Consult ...
— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes
... thoroughly with molasses, add egg well beaten, milk, salt, bran, flours, and baking powder. Divide into well greased gem pans, and bake in hot oven from eight to ten minutes. These gems are excellent for constipation. ...
— The Story of Crisco • Marion Harris Neil


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