to constipate
- verb
- /ˈkɒnstɪpeɪt/
- Intensive conventional laxative treatment should remain the first choice in chronically constipated children.
- chronically constipated
- constipated children
Examples
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Are you currently constipated or having marital issues?
Blog text (9) -
At the same time, he became chronically constipated due to bowel dysbiosis.
Blog text (31) -
Only three controlled studies have been done in constipated children.
Academic text (2000) -
We don't want to get constipated, do we?
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From past observation, people who are constipated don't seem to be as happy as people who are not...
Blog text (19) -
Patients were taught initially to evacuate at set intervals of 4-6 hours, and all patients received constipating agents.
Academic text (1992) -
Additional biofeedback training compared to conventional therapy did not result in higher success rates in chronically constipated children.
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The authors of these studies concluded that biofeedback training, in addition to conventional treatment, might shorten the treatment of chronically constipated children.
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We evaluated defecation dynamics and clinical outcomes in chronically constipated children in a randomized study comparing conventional treatment and conventional treatment with biofeedback training.
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Eating too little fiber can constipate you and make it difficult to pass stools.
Synonyms
To make a person constipated
To make someone very constipated
Antonyms
How Blocked
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word constipate comes from the old Latin word constipare, which means 'to press together'. So when stools are 'pressed together' in the body and cannot move out, you are constipated.