stricture

stricture
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin strictura, from Latin strictus, past participle Date: 14th century 1. a. an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage; also the narrowed part b. a constriction of the breath passage in the production of a speech sound 2. something that closely restrains or limits ; restriction <
moral strictures
>
3. an adverse criticism ; censure

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • stricture — n. a narrowing of any tubular structure in the body, such as the oesophagus (gullet), bowel, ureter, or urethra. A stricture may result from inflammation, muscular spasm, growth of a tumour within the affected part, or from pressure on it by… …   The new mediacal dictionary

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