constipation

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n. 便秘, 秘结 [医] 便秘

发音

其它 /ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/
US /ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/

词形变化

constipations 复数 constipations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces.

    便秘

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

impairment irregularity deadening stultification

上位词 3

symptom degradation debasement

下位词 3

dyschezia fecal impaction obstipation

相关短语

verbal constipation

词源

First attested in the beginning of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English constipacioun, borrowed from Medieval Latin constīpātiō or its Old French equivalent, from cōnstīpō + -tiō. By surface analysis, constipate + -ion.

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