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Definition of Constipates
1. constipate [v] - See also: constipate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Constipates
Literary usage of Constipates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1866)
"styptic to superficial wounds, &c. In large doses it is an irritant poison.
Its continu« use constipates the bowels. ..."
2. Coca and its therapeutic application by Angelo Mariani (1896)
"... no such objection to Coca ; it never constipates, and practically its use may
be continued indefinitely. COCA LEAVES. ..."
3. The London Medical Gazette (1829)
"... nor constipates. " To obtain a decided soporific effect the extract must be
given at bed-time, to the extent of from fifteen to thirty grains, ..."
4. The Chicago Medical Journal (1870)
"Compared with opium, which causes vomiting, which destroys the appetite, which
heats and stimulates, which constipates, which excites perspiration, ..."
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