Cryptic crossword clue
It’s treated by gastroenterologists, strangely, not opticians 12

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word CONSTIPATION

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What does CONSTIPATION mean?

CONSTIPATION noun
  1. Act of crowding anything into a lesser compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.
  2. A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces; costiveness.

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