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costive

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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.
costive
Adjective
Old-fashioned having or causing constipation [Old French costivé]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.costive - retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating
laxative - stimulating evacuation of feces


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Though medical and cultural understanding of constipation has been overlooked by most historians of hygiene in the last decades of the twentieth century, Whorton shows that the subject was of considerable importance to medical practitioners, pharmaceutical manufacturers, health gurus, quacks and patients with costive bowels.
Inner Hygiene: Constipation & the Pursuit of Health in Modern ... by Wilkie, Jacqueline S. / Journal of Social History
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