constipation

/ˌkɒnstɪˈpeɪʃən/noun
Middle School
1

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

2

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

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