con·sti·pa·tion
noun/ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃn/
/ˌkɑːnstɪˈpeɪʃn/
[uncountable]- the condition of being unable to get rid of waste material from the bowels easily (= being constipated)
便秘 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- severe
- chronic
- bout
- have
- suffer from
- cause
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘contraction of body tissues’): from late Latin constipatio(n-), from the verb constipare, from con- ‘together’ + stipare ‘press, cram’.