Constipation /(?)/

Con·sti·pa·tion

Constipation

n.
  1. Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. [Obs.]
    Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation . . . of its particles.
  2. A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened fæces; costiveness.