constipation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a condition in which bowel movements are infrequent or difficult

   Persistent constipation may require medical advice.

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.

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