constipation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: constipation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for constipation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
constipation n irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis Synonym(s): constipation, irregularity the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) Synonym(s): stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Constipation \Con`stipa"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.] Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation* . . . of its particles. --Boyle. 2. A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened f[91]ces; costiveness.