constipative

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

constipate +‎ -ive

Adjective[edit]

constipative (comparative more constipative, superlative most constipative)

  1. Causing constipation.
    Antonym: laxative
    • 1842, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, translated by Caspar Bruchhausen, Enchiridion Medicum: Or, Manual of the Practice of Medicine, page 56:
      Ipecacuanha is more antispasmodic, less acrid, and more constipative; hence it is fitter for irritable persons, inclined to spasms, and affected with diarrhœa.
    • 2015, Robert Leigh, On Theriac to Piso, Attributed to Galen: A Critical Edition with Translation and Commentary, →ISBN, page 179:
      The constipative effect of opioids is well documented.
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