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. Bailey.
2. (Med.) Extreme constipation. Hooper.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.