constipation
kon stuh pay shuhn
- n irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis
- n the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
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- Can’t go? You don’t have to suffer from constipation
Constipation hits everybody at some point. The uncomfortable condition can be caused by many things, including a bad diet and dehydration. Dr. Vaibhav A. Parekh, director of Medstar Harbor Primary Care, talks about how to prevent and treat constipation, and how to tell if it’s a sign of more serious health problems.
June 11, 2013 - The Southern Illinoisan - Neurostimulation Helped Children's Intractable Constipation
Significant improvement in hardest-to-treat chronic constipation shown in novel use of electrical stimulation (neurostimulation) at home.
June 11, 2013 - Newswise - The Pain of Constipation
In a study of 10,000 visits to a children’s hospital emergency room, constipation was the most common specific diagnosis.
June 10, 2013 - New York Times
Quotes
- Terry Nichols in CBS News
According to the court documents on the Smoking Gun Web site, Terry Nichols, 54, says the low-fiber prison diet has given him "chronic constipation, bleeding, hemorrhoids." - Andrew Pyper in Globe and Mail
I bristle at prejudice,Pyper said, referring to the exile of crime writers into a genre ghetto. "It's a problem in Canada - a constipation about what we call literature, a teetotaling Presbyterian reflex, guard the gates against the... - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Middle East Times
One favorite joke about Ahmadinejad says "He has constipation of the brain, but diarrhea of the mouth."