Found 3 hits - Term: constipating, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
constipate \con"stipate\, 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.
1913 webster
of cold the property is to condense and constipate.
--bacon.
1913 webster
2. to stop a channel by filling it, and preventing passage
through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.
1913 webster
3. med. to render costive; to cause constipation in.
1913 webster
see also:
constipated constipating costive
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
constipating \constipating\ adj.
causing constipation.
syn: binding.
wordnet 1.5
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
constipating
adj : causing constipation syn: binding
see also:
binding
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