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Meanings of costiveness in English

A condition characterized by infrequent, incomplete or very hard bowel movements.

Extreme reluctance to spend money.

Usage of costiveness in English
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Then his new-born scientific ardor seemed to struggle with his rustic costiveness of speech.
Robert Elsmere
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Laudanum every night, and an opening tincture to obviate costiveness.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses / With P...
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A cathartic remedy will palliate the costiveness which frequently follows the use of cathartic remedies.
Personal Experience of a Physician
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The same food that agrees perfectly well with one child will frequently cause costiveness in another.
The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease
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Feed that tends to costiveness should be avoided.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
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Costiveness of the bowels, if not counteracted, may end in serious consequences.
Cattle and Cattle-breeders
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Costiveness of infants, the means to prevent
Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children
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Costiveness, in infancy, 50.
The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease
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CONTENTS.-Rulesof Diet for different Constitutions.-Treatmentof the various kinds of Indigestion; of Looseness;-ofCostiveness.-Local Diseases of the Lower Bowel, and their Treatment.
The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abol...
Costiveness through the time