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Definition of Constipated
1. Adjective. Have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels.
Definition of Constipated
1. Adjective. Unable to defecate. ¹
2. Verb. (past of constipate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Constipated
1. constipate [v] - See also: constipate
Medical Definition of Constipated
1. Suffering from constipation. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Constipated
Literary usage of Constipated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"The patient having a furred tongue and constipated bowels, I directed a purge
and other treatment to keep down inflammation, and ordered the ear to be ..."
2. Medical and Surgical Memoirs: Containing Investigations on the Geographical by Joseph Jones (1876)
"Function of the skin activity performed ; bowels constipated. ... For several
days previous, the bowels had been constipated, and in like manner with this ..."
3. The Tribune Almanac and Political Registerby Horace Greeley by Horace Greeley (1914)
"IF Your head aches You are constipated Your liver isn't working You feel dull
and heavy That's the sign you need Eat one or two ..."
4. The Psychic Treatment of Nervous Disorders: (The Psychoneuroses and Their by Paul Dubois (1908)
"... the Intestinal Function—Suggestive Influence—Psychology of constipated Patients
WISE practitioners of all times have counseled keeping the bowels open. ..."
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