Constipation can be due to mild to moderate conditions, such as a poor diet, pregnancy or hemorrhoids. Serious and life-threatening causes of constipation include colon cancer and bowel obstruction. In some cases, constipation may be brief, such as may occur when you delay having a bowel movement when the urge is felt.
enÂ·doÂ·therm. (Änâ²dÉ-thÃ»rmâ²) n. An organism that generates heat to maintain its body temperature, typically above the temperature of its surroundings. endotherm.
Thus in each term the prefix refers to where heat goes as the reaction occurs. The term endothermic was coined by Marcellin Berthelot. The concept is frequently applied in physical sciences to, for example, chemical reactions, where thermal energy is converted to chemical bond energy.ndothermic. In thermodynamics, the word endothermic describes a process or reaction in which the system absorbs energy from its surroundings in the form of heat. It is a modern coinage from Greek roots.