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单词 constipation
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constipationn.

/kɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/
Etymology: < French constipation, or < Latin constīpātiōn-em , noun of action or state < constīpāre to constipate adj.
1. The action of packing or pressing closely together; the condition of being so compressed; condensation, compression. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] > becoming or making dense or solid > by compaction or compression
compaction1398
compressionc1400
constipation1603
compressure1644
compacting1697
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1337 Condensation, and constipation depresseth and driveth it [matter] downeward to the middle.
1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 26 A pretty close Constipation and mutual Contact of its Particles.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. i. iii. 22 In Spring, when the Earth and Waters are loosed from the brumal Constipations, the Vapours arise in great plenty.
2. Medicine.
a. Contraction or constriction of organic tissues, the veins, etc. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > [noun] > constriction
constipationc1400
stricturec1400
prefocation?a1425
strangling1563
strangulation1749
constriction1783
incarceration1819
stenosis1872
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > alteration of tissue > contraction
constipationc1400
astriction1568
c1400 Lanfranc's Cyrurg. 119 Euel accidentis..as constipacioun of þe wombe, or ellis þe flix of þe wombe.
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 61 a It dissolveth the constipations or stoppinges made of all places, if the places be scarified.
1639 J. Woodall Treat. Gangrena in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 384 Schirrous hardnesse and constipation of the veines.
a1660 H. Hammond Serm. (1664) iii. 39 That the laxum and strictum, the immoderate dissolution or constipation, were the principles and originals of all diseases.
b. spec. Confinement of the bowels: a state of the bowels in which the evacuations are obstructed or stopped; costiveness.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [noun] > constipation
costivenessa1400
obstruction1533
constipationc1550
restriction?1550
obstipation1612
stypticness1617
binding1620
stypticity1620
impaction1853
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 53 I sau betis that is gude contrar constipatione.
1714 J. Purcell Treat. Cholick 117 When the Pain of the Cholick..is accompany'd with a great Heat, violent Constipation, Vomiting.
1806 Weaver in Med. Jrnl. 15 325 Case of Constipation of the Bowels, removed by External Friction.
1866 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. 398 The terms constipation and costiveness are commonly used as synonyms, denoting insufficiency of evacuations from the bowels.
c. figurative.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > a check or rebuff > complete check or impasse > fact or condition of being stuck or at impasse
sticking1564
set1613
dead set1806
nonplussation1833
stickfast1835
deadlocking1882
jib1893
constipation1917
1917 A. Huxley Let. 30 Sept. (1969) 136 That somewhat unhinged letter..was..due to nothing in particular, but exactly coinciding with a period of poetical constipation.
1966 New Statesman 25 Mar. 411/2 There are signs that the electoral constipation in the West Midlands is easing slightly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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