How to Pronounce Slow-Transit Constipation

Say it as SLOH TRAN-sit kon-stih-PAY-shun. Break it into four parts: "slow" (rhymes with "go"), "tran-sit" (like "transit" the word for travel), "con-stih" (con rhymes with "on"), and "pay-shun" (like "nation" with a "p"). The biggest stress goes on the last syllable: PAY.

The last syllable, PAY, gets the strongest stress: kon-stih-PAY-shun. A common mistake is stressing TRAN or CON instead, but those are much quieter compared to that final PAY sound.

In medical language, "transit" means movement or passage—like when something travels from one place to another. Here it refers to how stool moves through your colon, so "slow transit" means that movement is sluggish or delayed.

Constipation is a condition where bowel movements become difficult or don't happen often. It's the everyday term doctors use when someone is having trouble with that part of their digestive system.

Divide it like this: slow / tran-sit / con-sti-pa-tion. That's 1 syllable, then 2, then 4, for a total of 7 syllables. The hyphen between "slow" and "transit" shows they're two separate words joined together.

Doctors sometimes call it STC (the initials of slow-transit constipation), pronounced by saying each letter: S-T-C. You might also hear it called just "slow-transit" as a shortened version.

Another common term is "functional constipation," which shares the word constipation but describes a different type. Both words end in kon-stih-PAY-shun, so the pronunciation of that part stays exactly the same.

Here's an example: "The doctor explained that my patient has slow-transit constipation, which means the stool is moving through the colon more slowly than normal." This sentence shows how a healthcare worker might use the term when discussing this condition.