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Webster 1913 Edition

Obstipation

Obˊsti-pa′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
obstipatio
a close pressure;
ob
(see
Ob-
) +
stipare
to press.]
1.
The act of stopping up, as a passage.
[Obs.]
Bailey.
2.
(Med.)
Extreme constipation.
[Obs.]
Hooper.

Webster 1828 Edition

Obstipation

OBSTIPA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. obstipo; ob and stipo, to crowd.]
1.
The act of stopping up; as a passage.
2.
In medicine, costiveness.

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