constipation
pronunciation
How to pronounce constipation in British English:
UK [ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃn]
How to pronounce constipation in American English:
US [ˌkɑnstɪˈpeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis
- the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
Word Origin
- constipation
- constipation: [15] Latin constīpātiō originally meant ‘condition of being closely packed or compressed’. Its English descendant constipation was briefly used in that literal sense in the 17th and 18th centuries, but for the most part it has been a medical term: at first for constriction of some internal organ, blood vessel, etc, and from the mid-16th century for impaired bowel function. The Latin past participle constīpātus passed into Old French as costive, which English acquired, via an unrecorded Anglo-Norman *costif ‘constipated’ [14].=> costive, stevedore, stiff
- constipation (n.)
- c. 1400, "constriction of tissue," from Late Latin constipationem (nominative constipatio), noun of state from Latin constipare "to press or crowd together," from com- "together" (see com-) + stipare "to cram, pack" (see stiff (adj.)). Specifically of the bowel condition since 1540s.
Example
- 1. Exercise can also promote restful sleep and prevent constipation .
- 2. Chronic constipation can contribute to bed-wetting by reducing bladder capacity .
- 3. Symptoms can range from mild weakness and constipation to paralysis .
- 4. Constipation usually is caused by the slow movement of stool through the colon .
- 5. Unfortunately , there is another population that suffers from constipation .