Obstipative vs Obstipate - What's the difference?
obstipative | obstipate | Derived terms |
(medicine) To induce severe constipation through an intestinal blockage
(rare) To become or cause to become blocked up
*{{quote-book, 1926, , The Interpreter's House
, passage=Noisy, stuffy men smelling of tobacco smoke, their minds obstipated by clogged presumptions ! }}
Obstipative is a derived term of obstipate.
As a verb obstipate is
(medicine) to induce severe constipation through an intestinal blockage.obstipative
Not English
Obstipative has no English definition. It may be misspelled.English words similar to 'obstipative':
obstructive, oppositive, obstinance, obstetricate, officewide, opisthodome, obstrusive, offsettable, obfusticateobstipate
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