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Stricture

Stricture Meaning & Definition
Stricture Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stricture?

[n] severe criticism
[n] abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway

Synonyms | Synonyms for Stricture: stenosis

Related Terms | Find terms related to Stricture:

See Also | aortic stenosis | criticism | enterostenosis | Laryngostenosis | mitral stenosis | mitral valve stenosis | pathology | pulmonary stenosis | pyloric stenosis | rhinostenosis | unfavorable judgment | ureterostenosis

Stricture In Webster's Dictionary

\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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