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Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated.

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  1. a. Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated.
  2. a. Reserved; formal; close; cold.
  3. a. Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding.
  4. adj. retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating
  5. a. retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating