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Definition of Costive
1. Adjective. Retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating.
Antonyms: Laxative
Definition of Costive
1. a. Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated.
Definition of Costive
1. Adjective. constipated ¹
2. Adjective. miserly, parsimonious ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Costive
1. constipated [adj]
Medical Definition of Costive
1. Pertaining to or causing constipation. Origin: contraction from L. Constipo, to press together (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Costive
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