Constipation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]
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              Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation .
              . . of its particles.                 --Boyle.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  constipation
       n 1: irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the
            bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or
            diverticulitis [syn: {irregularity}]
       2: the act of making something futile and useless (as by
          routine) [syn: {stultification}, {impairment}, {deadening}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  113 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, wasting