constipative

comparative more constipative · superlative most constipative

1. Causing constipation.

   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

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   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

   Antonyms: laxative