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Definition of Obstipation
1. Noun. Severe constipation resulting from an obstruction in the intestines.
Definition of Obstipation
1. n. The act of stopping up, as a passage.
Definition of Obstipation
1. Noun. severe constipation caused by intestinal obstruction ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Obstipation
1. Intractable constipation. Origin: L. Obstipatio This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obstipation
Literary usage of Obstipation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clinical Medicine: A Systematic Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of by Austin Flint (1879)
"The most remarkable of the cases of long-continued obstipation, with a single
exception, was reported by Dr. Thomas D. Strong, of Westfield, NY, in 1874. ..."
2. Intestinal Ills: Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenic Poisons by Alcinous Burton Jamison (1901)
"DIET FOR CONSTIPATION AND obstipation. DIET is too often a makeshift for ignorance,
or it may be an "aid until the cause of indigestion is removed ; or if ..."
3. Intestinal Ills; Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons by Alcinous Burton Jamison (1901)
"DIET FOR CONSTIPATION AND obstipation. DIET is too often a makeshift for ignorance,
or it may be an aid until the cause of indigestion is removed ; or if ..."
4. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1913)
"In obstipation of the cecum Höhne repeatedly gives 50 gni. of aloes at ...
Massage alone is usually not successful, except in obstipation of the small ..."
5. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"obstipation. INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION. Definition.—An infrequent or difficult
evacuation of feces which are abnormally dry or hard; or may be retained. ..."
6. Chronic Constipation and Allied Conditions, Pathology, Etiology, Diagnosis by James Alexander MacMillan (1908)
"Definition of obstipation—Causes of Partial Obstruction ... obstipation is a
condition in which there is a partial obstruction to the passage of feces. ..."
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