Meaning of STRICTURE
| Pronunciation: | | 'strikchur
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- [n] severe criticism
- [n] abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
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| | Synonyms: | | stenosis |
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| | See Also: | | aortic stenosis, criticism, enterostenosis, Laryngostenosis, mitral stenosis, mitral valve stenosis, pathology, pulmonary stenosis, pyloric stenosis, rhinostenosis, unfavorable judgment, ureterostenosis | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Stric"ture\, n. [L. strictura a contraction, from
stringere, strictum, to draw tight: cf. F. stricture. See
{Strict}.]
1. Strictness. [Obs.]
A man of stricture and firm abstinence. --Shak.
2. A stroke; a glance; a touch. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.
3. A touch of adverse criticism; censure.
[I have] given myself the liberty of these
strictures by way of reflection on all and every
passage. --Hammond.
4. (Med.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of
the body. Cf. {Organic stricture}, and {Spasmodic
stricture}, under {Organic}, and {Spasmodic}. --Arbuthnot.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | abnormal narrowing of a body opening. |
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