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.]

Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation . . . of its particles. Boyle.

2.

A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faces; costiveness.

 

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