Definition of CONSTIPATION

constipation

Meanings

Plural: constipations

Noun

  • irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis
  • the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
  • A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces.
  • The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in the beginning of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English constipacioun, borrowed from Medieval Latin constīpātiō or its Old French equivalent, from cōnstīpō + -tiō. By surface analysis, constipate + -ion.

Scrabble Score: 16

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Words With Friends Score: 20

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