CONSTIPATED

constipated

(adjective) have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

constipated (comparative more constipated, superlative most constipated)

Unable to defecate; costive.

Verb

constipated

simple past tense and past participle of constipate

Anagrams

• pointcasted

Source: Wiktionary


CONSTIPATE

Con"sti*pate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constipated; p.pr. & vb.n. Constipating.] Etym: [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.] Of cold the property is to condense and constipate. Bacon.

2. To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.

3. (Med.)

Definition: To render costive; to cause constipation in.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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