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constipation

noun
🔊/ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃn/
🔊/ˌkɑːnstɪˈpeɪʃn/
 [uncountable]
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  1. the condition of being unable to get rid of waste material from the bowels easily (= being constipated)便秘Topics Illnessc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • severe
    • chronic
    … of constipation
    • bout
    verb + constipation
    • have
    • suffer from
    • cause
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘contraction of body tissues’): from late Latin constipatio(n-), from the verb constipare, from con- ‘together’ + stipare ‘press, cram’.