English-Thai Dictionary
constipation
N การขัดขวาง kan-thong-puk
constipation
N อาการท้องผูก ar-kan-thong-puk
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONSTIPATION
n. 1. The act of crowding any thing into a less compass; a pressing together; condensation; as a close constipation of particles.
2. More generally, a crowding or filling to hardness the intestinal canal, from defective excretion; costiveness; obstipation.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CONSTIPATION
Con `sti *pa "tion, n. Etym: [L. constipatio a crowding together: cf. F.constipation. ]
1. Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. [Obs. ] Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation. .. of its particles. Boyle.
2. A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faces; costiveness.
New American Oxford Dictionary
constipation
con sti pa tion |ˌkänstəˈpāSHən ˌkɑnstəˈpeɪʃən | ▶noun a condition in which there is difficulty in emptying the bowels, usually associated with hardened feces. • a high level of constraint or restriction; a pronounced lack of ease: literary constipation. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘contraction of body tissues ’): from late Latin constipatio (n- ), from the verb constipare (see constipated ).
Oxford Dictionary
constipation
con |sti |pa ¦tion |kɒnstɪˈpeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a condition in which there is difficulty in emptying the bowels, usually associated with hardened faeces. • a high level of constraint or restriction: literary constipation. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘contraction of body tissues ’): from late Latin constipatio (n- ), from the verb constipare (see constipated ).
French Dictionary
constipation
constipation n. f. nom féminin Difficulté à évacuer les selles. : Certains aliments causent de la constipation. ANTONYME diarrhée .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
constipation
c ò n sti p á tion 名詞 U 便秘 .