Definition of "constipation" []

• Difficult, incomplete, or infrequent evacuation of dry hardened feces from the bowels. (noun)
• Obstruction; stultification. (noun)

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• "Again, constipation is not a sickness, or illness or disease."
• "You need to go to the doctor when your constipation is bad enough you wear a shirt to complain about it."
• "That continuous look of constipation is NOT pretty!!!"