Constipation
21constipation — [[t]kɒ̱nstɪpe͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT Constipation is a medical condition which causes people to have difficulty getting rid of solid waste from their body …
22constipation — [15] Latin constīpātiō originally meant ‘condition of being closely packed or compressed’. Its English descendant constipation was briefly used in that literal sense in the 17th and 18th centuries, but for the most part it has been a medical term …
23constipation — n. 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) …
24constipation\ officer — An anal retentive conservation officer park ranger. That ranger was severly ticked when he saw us having a beer by the camp fire. He s obviously a Constipation Officer …
25constipation\ officer — An anal retentive conservation officer park ranger. That ranger was severly ticked when he saw us having a beer by the camp fire. He s obviously a Constipation Officer …
26constipation — noun Date: 15th century 1. abnormally delayed or infrequent passage of usually dry hardened feces 2. stultification …
27constipation — noun a) Act of crowding anything into a lesser compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. b) A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened …
28constipation — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
29constipation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. stasis of the lower bowel, alimentary stoppage, costiveness; see illness 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. irregularity, sluggish bowels, straining at stool …
30constipation — con|sti|pa|tion [ˌkɔnstıˈpeıʃən US ˌka:n ] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; : Medieval Latin; Origin: constipatio, from Latin constipare to crowd together , from com ( COM ) + stipare to press ] the condition of having difficulty in getting rid of solid… …
