Ob'sti-pā'tion, n.
n. [From Lat. obstipare, to lean to one side, from obstipus, bent or inclined to one side, from prefix ob and stipes, a log, stock; or from prefix ob and stipare, to crowd or press together.]
- The act of stopping up; as, a passage.
- (Med.) Costiveness; constipation. [Obs.]