constipative

Causing constipation.

Adjective

  1. Causing constipation.
    • Ipecacuanha is more antispasmodic, less acrid, and more constipative; hence it is fitter for irritable persons, inclined to spasms, and affected with diarrhœa. - 1842, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, translated by Caspar...
    • The constipative effect of opioids is well documented. - 2015, Robert Leigh, On Theriac to Piso, Attributed to Galen: A Critical Edition with Translation and Commentary, →ISBN, page 179:

    Antonyms: laxative

Origin

From constipate + -ive.

Forms

more constipative most constipative