constipation — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Sinonimi

   costiveness

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (2)

   If you also knew how to combine foods—that is, what foods eaten together “set well,” you need never have indigestion, constipation or any of the headachy, stomachachy ills they lead to.

   Review of systems was positive for unintentional weight gain of 13.5 kilograms in the last eight months, excessive fatigue, fever, difficulty focusing, one episode of painful oral ulcer on the roof of her mouth, change in the hair texture with nonscarring alopecia, shortness of breath with exertion, and constipation.

2. The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

Sostantivo

1. irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis

   Sinonimi

   irregularity

   Termini più generali

   symptom

2. the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)

   Sinonimi

   stultificationimpairmentdeadening

   Termini più generali

   degradationdebasement