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Costiveness

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cos·tive  (kstv)
adj.
1.
a. Suffering from constipation.
b. Causing constipation.
2. Slow; sluggish.
3. Stingy.
[Middle English costif, from Old French costeve, past participle of costever, to constipate, from Latin cnstpre; see constipate.]
costive·ly adv.
costive·ness n.
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Constipation, costiveness, or irregularity, is a condition of the digestive system in which a person (or animal) experiences hard feces that are difficult to expell.
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