constipation

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Noun

constipation

1. Act of crowding anything into a lesser compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.
2. A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces; costiveness.

Translations

• French: constipation
• German: Obstipation, Verstopfung
• Italian: stipsi, stitichezza
• Portuguese: prisão de ventre
• Russian: запо́р
• Spanish: estreñimiento

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