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constipate
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constipate
(encz) | constipate,ucpat v: Zdeněk Brožconstipate,zacpat v: Zdeněk Brožconstipate,způsobit zácpu Zdeněk Brož |
constipated
(encz) | constipated,má zácpu Zdeněk Brož |
constipating
(encz) | constipating, adj: |
constipation
(encz) | constipation,zácpa n: Zdeněk Brož |
obstipate
(encz) | obstipate, v: |
obstipation
(encz) | obstipation, n: |
unconstipated
(encz) | unconstipated, adj: |
Constipate
(gcide) | Constipate \Con"sti*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constipated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Constipating.] [L. constipatus, p. p. of
constipare; con- + stipare to crowd together. See Costive.]
1. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together
or condense. [Obs.]
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Of cold the property is to condense and constipate.
--Bacon.
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2. To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage
through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.
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3. (Med.) To render costive; to cause constipation in.
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constipated
(gcide) | constipated \constipated\ adj.
having difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of
the bowels; costive.
[WordNet 1.5]Constipate \Con"sti*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constipated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Constipating.] [L. constipatus, p. p. of
constipare; con- + stipare to crowd together. See Costive.]
1. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together
or condense. [Obs.]
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Of cold the property is to condense and constipate.
--Bacon.
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2. To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage
through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.
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3. (Med.) To render costive; to cause constipation in.
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Constipated
(gcide) | constipated \constipated\ adj.
having difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of
the bowels; costive.
[WordNet 1.5]Constipate \Con"sti*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constipated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Constipating.] [L. constipatus, p. p. of
constipare; con- + stipare to crowd together. See Costive.]
1. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together
or condense. [Obs.]
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Of cold the property is to condense and constipate.
--Bacon.
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2. To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage
through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.
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3. (Med.) To render costive; to cause constipation in.
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constipating
(gcide) | constipating \constipating\ adj.
causing constipation.
Syn: binding.
[WordNet 1.5]Constipate \Con"sti*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constipated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Constipating.] [L. constipatus, p. p. of
constipare; con- + stipare to crowd together. See Costive.]
1. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together
or condense. [Obs.]
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Of cold the property is to condense and constipate.
--Bacon.
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2. To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage
through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.
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3. (Med.) To render costive; to cause constipation in.
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Constipating
(gcide) | constipating \constipating\ adj.
causing constipation.
Syn: binding.
[WordNet 1.5]Constipate \Con"sti*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constipated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Constipating.] [L. constipatus, p. p. of
constipare; con- + stipare to crowd together. See Costive.]
1. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together
or condense. [Obs.]
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Of cold the property is to condense and constipate.
--Bacon.
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2. To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage
through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.
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3. (Med.) To render costive; to cause constipation in.
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Constipation
(gcide) | Constipation \Con`sti*pa"tion\, n. [L. constipatio a crowding
together: cf. F. constipation.]
1. Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state
of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. [Obs.]
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Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation .
. . of its particles. --Boyle.
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2. A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are
infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled
with hardened f[ae]ces; costiveness.
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Obstipation
(gcide) | Obstipation \Ob`sti*pa"tion\, n. [L. obstipatio a close
pressure; ob (see Ob-) + stipare to press.]
1. The act of stopping up, as a passage. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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2. (Med.) Extreme constipation. [Obs.] --Hooper.
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Stipa comata
(gcide) | Silk \Silk\, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to
Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an
Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk', and also L.
sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. Sericeous. Serge a woolen
stuff.]
1. The fine, soft thread produced by various species of
caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm
is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that
produced by the larvae of Bombyx mori.
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2. Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named
material.
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3. That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the
female flower of maize.
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Raw silk, silk as it is wound off from the cocoons, and
before it is manufactured.
Silk cotton, a cottony substance enveloping the seeds of
the silk-cotton tree.
Silk-cotton tree (Bot.), a name for several tropical trees
of the genera Bombax and Eriodendron, and belonging to
the order Bombaceae. The trees grow to an immense size,
and have their seeds enveloped in a cottony substance,
which is used for stuffing cushions, but can not be spun.
Silk flower. (Bot.)
(a) The silk tree.
(b) A similar tree (Calliandra trinervia) of Peru.
Silk fowl (Zool.), a breed of domestic fowls having silky
plumage.
Silk gland (Zool.), a gland which secretes the material of
silk, as in spider or a silkworm; a sericterium.
Silk gown, the distinctive robe of a barrister who has been
appointed king's or queen's counsel; hence, the counsel
himself. Such a one has precedence over mere barristers,
who wear stuff gowns. [Eng.]
Silk grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Stipa comata) of the
Western United States, which has very long silky awns. The
name is also sometimes given to various species of the
genera Aqave and Yucca.
Silk moth (Zool.), the adult moth of any silkworm. See
Silkworm.
Silk shag, a coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with
a stiffer nap.
Silk spider (Zool.), a large spider (Nephila plumipes),
native of the Southern United States, remarkable for the
large quantity of strong silk it produces and for the
great disparity in the sizes of the sexes.
Silk thrower, Silk throwster, one who twists or spins
silk, and prepares it for weaving. --Brande & C.
Silk tree (Bot.), an Asiatic leguminous tree ({Albizzia
Julibrissin}) with finely bipinnate leaves, and large flat
pods; -- so called because of the abundant long silky
stamens of its blossoms. Also called silk flower.
Silk vessel. (Zool.) Same as Silk gland, above.
Virginia silk (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Periploca
Gr[ae]ca}) of the Milkweed family, having a silky tuft on
the seeds. It is native in Southern Europe.
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Stipa pennata
(gcide) | Feather \Feath"er\ (f[e^][th]"[~e]r), n. [OE. fether, AS.
fe[eth]er; akin to D. veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel.
fj["o][eth]r, Sw. fj[aum]der, Dan. fj[ae]der, Gr. ptero`n
wing, feather, pe`tesqai to fly, Skr. pattra wing, feather,
pat to fly, and prob. to L. penna feather, wing. [root]76,
248. Cf. Pen a feather.]
1. One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds,
belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.
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Note: An ordinary feather consists of the quill or hollow
basal part of the stem; the shaft or rachis, forming
the upper, solid part of the stem; the vanes or webs,
implanted on the rachis and consisting of a series of
slender lamin[ae] or barbs, which usually bear
barbules, which in turn usually bear barbicels and
interlocking hooks by which they are fastened together.
See Down, Quill, Plumage.
2. Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase,
"Birds of a feather," that is, of the same species. [R.]
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I am not of that feather to shake off
My friend when he must need me. --Shak.
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3. The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some
other dogs.
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4. A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.
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5. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
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6. (Mach. & Carp.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin
from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in
another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise
but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.
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7. A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts
of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the
stone. --Knight.
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8. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float,
with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or
enters the water.
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Note: Feather is used adjectively or in combination, meaning
composed of, or resembling, a feather or feathers; as,
feather fan, feather-heeled, feather duster.
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Feather alum (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of alumina,
resulting from volcanic action, and from the decomposition
of iron pyrites; -- called also halotrichite. --Ure.
Feather bed, a bed filled with feathers.
Feather driver, one who prepares feathers by beating.
Feather duster, a dusting brush of feathers.
Feather flower, an artifical flower made of feathers, for
ladies' headdresses, and other ornamental purposes.
Feather grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Stipa pennata)
which has a long feathery awn rising from one of the
chaffy scales which inclose the grain.
Feather maker, one who makes plumes, etc., of feathers,
real or artificial.
Feather ore (Min.), a sulphide of antimony and lead,
sometimes found in capillary forms and like a cobweb, but
also massive. It is a variety of Jamesonite.
Feather shot, or Feathered shot (Metal.), copper
granulated by pouring into cold water. --Raymond.
Feather spray (Naut.), the spray thrown up, like pairs of
feathers, by the cutwater of a fast-moving vessel.
Feather star. (Zool.) See Comatula.
Feather weight. (Racing)
(a) Scrupulously exact weight, so that a feather would
turn the scale, when a jockey is weighed or weighted.
(b) The lightest weight that can be put on the back of a
horse in racing. --Youatt.
(c) In wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the
lightest of the classes into which contestants are
divided; -- in contradistinction to light weight,
middle weight, and heavy weight.
A feather in the cap an honour, trophy, or mark of
distinction. [Colloq.]
To be in full feather, to be in full dress or in one's best
clothes. [Collog.]
To be in high feather, to be in high spirits. [Collog.]
To cut a feather.
(a) (Naut.) To make the water foam in moving; in allusion
to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.
(b) To make one's self conspicuous. [Colloq.]
To show the white feather, to betray cowardice, -- a white
feather in the tail of a cock being considered an
indication that he is not of the true game breed.
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Stipa spartea
(gcide) | Barnyard grass, for hay. South. Panicum Grus-galli. Bent,
pasture and hay. Agrostis, several species. Bermuda grass,
pasture. South. Cynodon Dactylon. Black bent. Same as {Switch
grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon
provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. Poa compressa. Blue joint,
hay. Northwest. Aqropyrum glaucum. Buffalo grass, grazing.
Rocky Mts., etc.
(a) Buchlo["e] dectyloides.
(b) Same as Grama grass (below). Bunch grass, grazing.
Far West. Eriocoma, Festuca, Stips, etc. Chess,
or Cheat, a weed. Bromus secalinus, etc. Couch
grass. Same as Quick grass (below). Crab grass,
(a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. Panicum sanguinale.
(b) Pasture and hay. South. Eleusine Indica. Darnel
(a) Bearded, a noxious weed. Lolium temulentum.
(b) Common. Same as Rye grass (below). Drop seed, fair
for forage and hay. Muhlenbergia, several species.
English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow
grass.
(a) Pasture and hay. Poa serotina.
(b) Hay, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass,
cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides. Grama
grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. {Bouteloua
oligostachya}, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and
hay. Far West. Festuca scabrella. Guinea grass, hay.
South. Panicum jumentorum. Herd's grass, in New
England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop.
Indian grass. Same as Wood grass (below). Italian
rye grass, forage and hay. Lolium Italicum. Johnson
grass, grazing and hay. South and Southwest. {Sorghum
Halepense}. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. {Poa
pratensis}. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. Elymus,
several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay.
Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture
and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture,
hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow
grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species.
Mesquite grass, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass
(above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed.
Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay.
Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to
sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass,
ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or
Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray
grass. Same as Rye grass (below). Redtop, pasture
and hay. Agrostis vulgaris. Red-topped buffalo
grass, forage. Northwest. Poa tenuifolia. Reed
canary grass, of slight value. Phalaris arundinacea.
Reed meadow grass, hay. North. Glyceria aquatica.
Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary
grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. Lolium perenne,
var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North.
Hierochloa borealis. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native
in Northern Europe and Asia. Festuca ovina. Small
reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia
Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as Meadow grass
(above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals.
Seacoast and Northwest. Hordeum jubatum. Switch
grass, hay, cut young. Panicum virgatum. Timothy,
cut young, the best of hay. North. Phleum pratense.
Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus
lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn.
Anthoxanthum odoratum. Wire grass, valuable in
pastures. Poa compressa. Wood grass, Indian grass,
hay. Chrysopogon nutans.
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Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
true grasses botanically considered, such as black
grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
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Black grass, a kind of small rush (Juncus Gerardi),
growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
Grass of the Andes, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
avenaceum} of Europe.
Grass of Parnassus, a plant of the genus Parnassia
growing in wet ground. The European species is {Parnassia
palustris}; in the United States there are several
species.
Grass bass (Zool.), the calico bass.
Grass bird, the dunlin.
Grass cloth, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
grass-cloth plant.
Grass-cloth plant, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
(B[oe]hmeria nivea syn. Urtica nivea), which grows in
Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
Grass finch. (Zool.)
(a) A common American sparrow ({Po["o]c[ae]tes
gramineus}); -- called also vesper sparrow and
bay-winged bunting.
(b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Po["e]phila, of
which several species are known.
Grass lamb, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
and giving rich milk.
Grass land, land kept in grass and not tilled.
Grass moth (Zool.), one of many small moths of the genus
Crambus, found in grass.
Grass oil, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; --
used in perfumery under the name of citronella, {ginger
grass oil}, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc.
Grass owl (Zool.), a South African owl (Strix Capensis).
Grass parrakeet (Zool.), any of several species of
Australian parrots, of the genus Euphemia; -- also
applied to the zebra parrakeet.
Grass plover (Zool.), the upland or field plover.
Grass poly (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
Crass quit (Zool.), one of several tropical American
finches of the genus Euetheia. The males have most of
the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
Grass snake. (Zool.)
(a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
natrix}).
(b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
See Green snake, under Green.
Grass snipe (Zool.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
maculata}); -- called also jacksnipe in America.
Grass spider (Zool.), a common spider (Agelena n[ae]via),
which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered
with dew.
Grass sponge (Zool.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge
from Florida and the Bahamas.
Grass table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Grass vetch (Bot.), a vetch (Lathyrus Nissolia), with
narrow grasslike leaves.
Grass widow. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[aum]senka a grass widow.]
(a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
(b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
husband. [Slang.]
Grass wrack (Bot.) eelgrass.
To bring to grass (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
surface of the ground.
To put to grass, To put out to grass, to put out to graze
a season, as cattle.
[1913 Webster]Porcupine \Por"cu*pine\, n. [OE. porkepyn, porpentine, OF.
porc-espi, F. porc-['e]pic (cf. It. porco spino, porco
spinoso, Sp. puerco espino, puerco espin, fr. L. porcus swine
+ spina thorn, spine). The last part of the French word is
perhaps a corruption from the It. or Sp.; cf. F. ['e]pi ear,
a spike of grain, L. spica. See Pork, Spike a large nail,
Spine.]
1. (Zool.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having
the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or
quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of
Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of Erethizon and related genera,
native of America. They are related to the true
porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in
their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus)
is a well known species.
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Porcupine ant-eater (Zool.), the echidna.
Porcupine crab (Zool.), a large spiny Japanese crab
(Acantholithodes hystrix).
Porcupine disease (Med.). See Ichthyosis.
Porcupine fish (Zool.), any plectognath fish having the
body covered with spines which become erect when the body
is inflated. See Diodon, and Globefish.
Porcupine grass (Bot.), a grass (Stipa spartea) with
grains bearing a stout twisted awn, which, by coiling and
uncoiling through changes in moisture, propels the
sharp-pointed and barbellate grain into the wool and flesh
of sheep. It is found from Illinois westward. See
Illustration in Appendix.
Porcupine wood (Bot.), the hard outer wood of the cocoa
palm; -- so called because, when cut horizontally, the
markings of the wood resemble the quills of a porcupine.
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Stipa tenacissima
(gcide) | Sparterie \Spar"ter*ie\, n. [F., from Sp. esparto esparto, L.
spartum, Gr. ?.]
Articles made of the blades or fiber of the Lygeum Spartum
and Stipa tenacissima (syn. Macrochloa tenacissima),
kinds of grass used in Spain and other countries for making
ropes, mats, baskets, nets, and mattresses. --Loudon.
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constipate
(wn) | constipate
v 1: impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is
being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated
today" [syn: clog, constipate]
2: cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"
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constipated
(wn) | constipated
adj 1: have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of
the bowels [ant: regular, unconstipated] |
constipation
(wn) | constipation
n 1: irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the
bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or
diverticulitis [syn: constipation, irregularity]
2: the act of making something futile and useless (as by
routine) [syn: stultification, constipation,
impairment, deadening] |
obstipate
(wn) | obstipate
v 1: constipate severely |
obstipation
(wn) | obstipation
n 1: severe constipation resulting from an obstruction in the
intestines |
unconstipated
(wn) | unconstipated
adj 1: not constipated [syn: unconstipated, regular] [ant:
constipated] |
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