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con·sti·pa·tion
 constipation
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- pronunciation:
- kan
stih
peI
sh
 n
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
difficulty or infrequency in moving the bowels.
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adjective + (n.)constipation
abdominal,
acute,
alternating,
bloody,
chronic,
common,
dangerous,
digestive,
diverticular,
dry,
extreme,
frequent,
functional,
gastric,
gastrointestinal,
infrequent,
irritable,
laxative,
medical,
oral,
persistent,
primary,
proper,
severe,
significant,
slow,
sudden,
swollen,
underlying,
urinary
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verb + (n.)constipation
accompany,
alleviate,
avoid,
bloat,
cause,
complain,
decrease,
drink,
eliminate,
last,
lead,
occur,
prevent,
reduce,
relieve,
strain,
suffer,
swell,
tend,
treat,
vomit,
worry
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noun + (n.)constipation
adult,
allergy,
ankle,
biofeedback,
bladder,
blood,
bout,
bowel,
brand,
breakdown,
breath,
calcium,
cause,
cereal,
change,
chemotherapy,
childhood,
colon,
complaint,
confusion,
cramp,
criteria,
depression,
diagnosis,
diarrhea,
diarrhoea,
diet,
difficulty,
disease,
disorder,
dyspepsia,
ear,
effect,
episode,
exercise,
failure,
fatigue,
fiber,
flatulence,
fluid,
foot,
function,
gain,
gas,
headache,
help,
hemorrhoid,
incidence,
incontinence,
indigestion,
infection,
insomnia,
intestine,
irregularity,
kidney,
laxative,
loss,
medication,
medicine,
mouth,
muscle,
nausea,
pain,
paralysis,
pathogenesis,
patient,
pill,
prevention,
problem,
rash,
relief,
sinusitis,
skin,
sluggishness,
softener,
stomach,
stool,
stress,
supplement,
symptom,
therapy,
training,
treatment,
ulcer,
weather,
weight
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The word constipation
contains the following part:
-ation
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ation
is a compound of -ate1 + -ion. It turns verbs ending in -ate into nouns (decorate/ decoration
). Not all nouns with this suffix, however, have a corresponding verb ending in -ate (information
, alteration
).
Example words:
aberration, acceptation, accusation, admiration, agitation, aggregation, alteration, alternation, approximation, celebration, collaboration, combination, communication, connotation, conversation, coronation, decoration, devastation, education, equation, exasperation, imitation, information, irrigation, irritation, location, pronunciation, ratiocination, reservation, separation, transformation, translation, constipation, continuation, creation, elevation, discrimination, immigration, evaporation, vacation
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