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obstipation vs. constipation

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. obstinate constipation.

noun

  1. a condition of the bowels in which the feces are dry and hardened and evacuation is difficult and infrequent.

  2. Informal.,  a state of slowing down, sluggishness, or inactivity.

  3. Obsolete.,  the act of crowding anything into a smaller compass; condensation.