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constipative

constipative adjective: causing constipation.

Adjective

constipative (comparative more constipative, superlative most constipative)

  1. Causing constipation.
    • Ipecacuanha is more antispasmodic, less acrid, and more constipative; hence it is fitter for irritable persons, inclined to spasms, and affected with diarrhœa.1842, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, translated by Caspar Bruchhausen, Enchiridion Medicum: Or, Manual of the Practice of Medicine, page 56
    • The constipative effect of opioids is well documented.2015, Robert Leigh, On Theriac to Piso, Attributed to Galen: A Critical Edition with Translation and Commentary, →ISBN, page 179
    Antonyms:
    laxative

Antonyms of constipative

Forms of constipative

comparativemore constipative
superlativemost constipative

Origin of constipative

From constipate + -ive.

Questions about constipative

What does constipative mean?
Constipative means causing constipation.
What part of speech is constipative?
Constipative is an adjective.

Words near constipative in the dictionary

  1. constipatedly
  2. constipates
  3. constipating
  4. constipation
  5. constipations
  6. constipative
  7. constipatory
  8. constituative
  9. Constitución
  10. constitue
  11. constitued

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