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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun constipation has 2 senses
- constipation(n = noun.state) irregularity - irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis; Array is a kind of symptom
- constipation(n = noun.act) deadening, impairment, stultification - the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine); Array is a kind of debasement, degradation
has particulars: dyschezia, fecal impaction, obstipation
Derived form verb constipate2
CIDE DICTIONARY
constipation, n. [L. constipatio a crowding together: cf. F. constipation.].
- Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. [1913 Webster]"Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation . . . of its particles." [1913 Webster]
- A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened fæces; costiveness. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
constipation, n.
1 a condition with hardened faeces and difficulty in emptying the bowels.
2 a restricted state.
1 a condition with hardened faeces and difficulty in emptying the bowels.
2 a restricted state.
Etymology
ME f. OF constipation or LL constipatio (as constipate)
THESAURUS
constipation
abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bar, barrier, blank wall, bleeding, blennorhea, blind alley, blind gut, block, blockade, blockage, bottleneck, cachexia, cachexy, cardialgia, cecum, chill, chills, choking, choking off, cholera morbus, clog, colic, congestion, convulsion, costiveness, coughing, cul-de-sac, cyanosis, dead end, diarrhea, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, embolism, embolus, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, gorge, gripe, gripes, growth, heartburn, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, impasse, impediment, indigestion, infarct, infarction, inflammation, insomnia, irregularity, itching, jam, jaundice, labored breathing, lientery, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, obstacle, obstipation, obstruction, pain, paralysis, pruritus, pyrosis, rash, rheum, sclerosis, sealing off, seizure, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, stop, stoppage, strangulation, tabes, tachycardia, trots, tumor, upset stomach, vertigo, vomiting, wastingROGET THESAURUS
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Closure
N closure, occlusion, blockade, shutting up, obstruction, embolus, contraction, infarction, constipation, obstipation, blind alley, blind corner, keddah, cul-de-sac, caecum, imperforation, imperviousness, impermeability, stopper, closed, shut, operculated, unopened, unpierced, imporous, caecal, closable, imperforate, impervious, impermeable, impenetrable, impassable, unpassable, invious, pathless, wayless, untrodden, untrod, unventilated, air tight, water tight, hermetically sealed, tight, snug.Density
N density, solidity, solidness, impenetrability, impermeability, incompressibility, imporosity, cohesion, constipation, consistence, spissitude, specific gravity, hydrometer, areometer, condensation, caseation, solidation, solidification, consolidation, concretion, coagulation, petrification, crystallization, precipitation, deposit, precipitate, inspissation, gelation, thickening, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, insolubility, indissolvableness, solid body, mass, block, knot, lump, concretion, concrete, conglomerate, cake, clot, stone, curd, coagulum, bone, gristle, cartilage, casein, crassamentum, legumin, superdense matter, condensed states of matter, dwarf star, neutron star, dense, solid, solidified, caseous, pukka, coherent, cohesive, compact, close, serried, thickset, substantial, massive, lumpish, impenetrable, impermeable, nonporous, imporous, incompressible, constipated, concrete, knotted, knotty, gnarled, crystalline, crystallizable, thick, grumous, stuffy, undissolved, unmelted, unliquefied, unthawed, indivisible, indiscerptible, infrangible, indissolvable, indissoluble, insoluble, infusible.
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