constipating

Variant of constipate

constipate definition

con·sti·pate (kän′stə pāt′)

transitive verb constipated -·pat′ed, constipating -·pat′·ing

to cause constipation in

Etymology: < L constipatus, pp. of constipare, to press or crowd together < com-, together + stipare, to cram, pack: see stiff

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