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constipative en · ADJ

Etymology

From constipate + -ive.

Meanings

1. Causing constipation.
   • The constipative effect of opioids is well documented. 2015, Robert Leigh, On Theriac to Piso, Attributed to Galen: A Critical Edition with Translation and Commentary, →ISBN, page 179:
   • Ipecacuanha is more antispasmodic, less acrid, and more constipative; hence it is fitter for irritable persons, inclined to spasms, and affected with diarrhœa. 1842, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, translated by Caspar Bruchhausen, Enchiridion Medicum: Or, Manual of the Practice of Medicine, page 56:

Forms

Antonyms

laxative