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stricture
[ strik-cher ]
noun
- a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism:
The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
- an abnormal contraction of any passage or duct of the body.
- Phonetics. a constriction of airflow in the vocal tract in the production of speech.
- a restriction.
- Archaic. the act of enclosing or binding tightly.
- Obsolete. strictness.
stricture
/ ˈstrɪktʃə /
noun
- a severe criticism; censure
- pathol an abnormal constriction of a tubular organ, structure, or part
- obsolete.severity
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Derived Forms
- ˈstrictured, adjective
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Other Words From
- strictured adjective
- non·strictured adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stricture1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stricture1
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Example Sentences
In both cases, one of the frequent complications can be the stricture of the urethra.
The principal stricture passed on the virtuoso was that he played too softly, or, rather, too delicately.
The common sequence is stricture of the gullet, combined with feeble digestion, and in a few instances stricture of the pylorus.
The gullet is most affected at its lower part, and it is this part which is mostly subject to stricture.
The first recorded operation for external urethrotomy for the relief of stricture is mentioned in Wiseman's writings.
Rec′toscope, a speculum for rectal examination; Rectot′omy, the operation for dividing a rectal stricture.
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