costive
adjective
suffering from constipation; constipated.
costiveness
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a word derived from
costive.
Example Sentences
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Yet the Professor adds that on the third day a costiveness came on, which was removed by giving each calf three ounces of Epsom salts.
From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Honor? Bourguignon
Persons who have frequent recourse to medicine for preventing costiveness, seldom fail to ruin their constitution.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
Whenever costiveness occurs in dropsy, the following laxative may be given:— Wormwood, 2 ounces.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd
If this complaint be occasioned by costiveness, proper attention must be paid to that circumstance; but if it originate from weakness, strong purgatives must be avoided.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
The costiveness may be marked at first, but soon it gives place to diarrhea, by which the offensive matters may be carried off and health restored.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
