Meaning of CONSTRICTION
| Pronunciation: | | kun'strikshun
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- [n] the action or process of constricting or squeezing
- [n] tight or narrow compression
- [n] a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
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| | Synonyms: | | bottleneck, coarctation |
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| | See Also: | | compression, condensation, contraction, narrowing, spasm, squeeze, squeezing, strangulation, vasoconstriction | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*stric"tion\, n. [L. constrictio: cf. F.
constriction.]
1. The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or
by movement or change in the thing itself, as
distinguished from compression.
2. The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is
constricted; a narrowing or binding.
A constriction of the parts inservient to speech.
--Grew.
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| | Definition: | | Tightness or pressure. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abbreviation, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, astriction, astringency, blockage, blocking, bottleneck, cervix, check, circumscription, clogging, closing up, closure, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, consolidation, constringency, contraction, contracture, cramp, curtailment, decrease, delay, detainment, detention, diminuendo, fixation, foot-dragging, hampering, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, hourglass, hourglass figure, impediment, inhibition, interference, interruption, isthmus, knitting, let, narrow place, narrowing, neck, negativism, nuisance value, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, puckering, pursing, reduction, repression, resistance, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, setback, shortening, solidification, squeeze, stranglehold, stranglement, strangulation, striction, stricture, suppression, systole, taper, tapering, wasp waist, wrinkling |
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