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constipate

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Example Sentences

There are some foods that tend to constipate while others act as a laxative.

Certain vegetable and mineral substances taken either intentionally or by accident constipate the bowels.

The saccharated carbonate of iron is a beautiful preparation that does not constipate—is, indeed, a little laxative in action.

Brandy is decidedly injurious, it heats and inflames the throat, and tends to constipate the bowels.

Opium so employed does not produce narcotism, and does not constipate the bowels.

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On this page you'll find 82 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to constipate, such as: fester, hibernate, languish, stall, stand still, and decay.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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