Constipated - Law Dictionary Search Results

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Constipate

To crowd or cram into a narrow compass to press together or condense...

constipated

having difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels costive...

Constipation

Act of crowding anything into a less compass or the state of being crowded or pressed together condensation...

Costive

Retaining fecal matter in the bowels having too slow a motion of the bowels constipated...

Costiveness

An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels constipation...

A morbid condition due to intestinal obstruction It is characterized by complete constipation with griping pains in the abdomen which is greatly distended and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal matter Called also ileac passion or iliac passion...

Jaundice

A morbid condition characterized by yellowness of the eyes skin and urine whiteness of the faeligces constipation uneasiness in the region of the stomach loss of appetite and general languor and lassitude It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up in the liver of the bile which is then absorbed into the blood...

Milk sickness

A peculiar malignant disease occurring in parts of the western United States and affecting certain kinds of farm stock esp cows and persons using the meat or dairy products of infected cattle Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting obstinate constipation pain and muscular tremors Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food and to polluted water...

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