Constipation

[kɒnstɪ'peɪʃ(ə)n] or ['kɑnstə'peʃən]

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

Checker: Newman--From WordNet

(n.) Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.

(n.) A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces; costiveness.

Typed by Edmund

n. Costiveness.

Checker: Sandra

Checker: Sophia