costiveness
- a word derived from costive.
Example Sentences
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Habitual costiveness and the presence of calculi, are frequent causes of spasmodic colic.
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 Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
It is well known that those who have been in the habits of free living, and who come suddenly to a more temperate diet, are very much disposed to costiveness.
From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John
The agony caused by costiveness is greater than in any other affection to which the dog is liable.
From The Dog by Dinks
They do some good by correcting the acidity of the stomach; but the animals are often affected with diarrhœa, or costiveness, loss of appetite, colic, and convulsions.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
