Ob`sti*pa"tion (?), n. [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.

 

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