constipation

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === constipation (countable and uncountable, plural constipations) A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces. Synonym: costiveness The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Constipation in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) === Anagrams === action points == French == === Etymology === From Latin cōnstīpātiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃s.ti.pa.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === constipation f (plural constipations) constipation ==== Related terms ==== constiper === Further reading === “constipation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012