constipative

English

Etymology

From constipate +‎ -ive.

Adjective

constipative (comparative more constipative, superlative most constipative)

1. Causing constipation.

   Antonym: laxative

   • 1842, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, translated by Caspar Bruchhausen, Enchiridion Medicum: Or, Manual of the Practice of Medicine, page 56:

     Ipecacuanha is more antispasmodic, less acrid, and more constipative; hence it is fitter for irritable persons, inclined to spasms, and affected with diarrhœa.

   • 2015, Robert Leigh, On Theriac to Piso, Attributed to Galen: A Critical Edition with Translation and Commentary, →ISBN, page 179:

     The constipative effect of opioids is well documented.