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obstipation|ɒbstɪˈpeɪʃən|
[ad. L. obstīpātiōn-em, n. of action f. *obstīpāre: see prec.]
The action of blocking or stopping up. In Med.: see quot. 1880.
1597Lowe Chirurg. (1634) 88 The cure consisteth..in purgations, dyet, and bleeding, which may be observed also in the time of the obstipation. 1658Phillips, Obstipation, a stopping up. 1783Phil. Trans. LXXIII. 237 [They] produce an obstipation, which ends either in an abscess of the abdomen..or becomes fatal to the animal. 1880A. Flint Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 532 The term obstipation has been already defined to denote a greater amount of difficulty than constipation, that is, obstruction of the bowels, either as a functional disorder or dependent on various lesions. |