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constipation

[ kon-stuh-pey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a condition of the bowels in which the feces are dry and hardened and evacuation is difficult and infrequent.
  2. Informal. a state of slowing down, sluggishness, or inactivity.
  3. Obsolete. the act of crowding anything into a smaller compass; condensation.


constipation

/ ËŒ°ìÉ’²Ô²õ³Ùɪˈ±è±ðɪʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels, with hard faeces, caused by functional or organic disorders or improper diet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of constipation1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English constipacioun, from Middle French, from Late Latin ³¦´Ç²Ô²õ³ÙÄ«±èÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô-, stem of ³¦´Ç²Ô²õ³ÙÄ«±èÄå³Ù¾±Å; equivalent to constipate + -ion
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When Colleen Henderson’s three-year-old daughter complained of pain while using the bathroom, doctors brushed it off as a urinary tract infection or constipation, common maladies in the potty-training years.

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It caused me some very painful health problems; I had horrible constipation for a week, and so after this episode I just decided to give up all meat and became a vegan.

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GLP-1 briefly slows the rate food moves through the gut, which explains the most common side effects: bloating and constipation.

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She said she felt "fobbed off" when she told doctors about her constipation and rectal bleeding.

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