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- Word comparison: obstipation vs. constipation
obstipation vs. constipation
noun
Medicine/Medical.
obstinate constipation.
noun
a condition of the bowels in which the feces are dry and hardened and evacuation is difficult and infrequent.
Informal., a state of slowing down, sluggishness, or inactivity.
Obsolete., the act of crowding anything into a smaller compass; condensation.