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noun
1.
a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
2.
an abnormal contraction of any passage or duct of the body.
3.
a restriction.
4.
Archaic. the act of enclosing or binding tightly.
5.
Obsolete. strictness.
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Strictures
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
stricture
c.1400, "abnormal narrowing in a body part," from L.L. strictura "contraction, constriction," from pp. stem of stringere (2) "to bind or draw tight" (see strain (v.)). Sense of "criticism, critical remark" is first recorded 1655, perhaps from the other L. word stringere
EXPAND "to touch lightly" (see strigil).
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stricture stric·ture (strĭk'chər)
n.
A circumscribed narrowing of a hollow structure.
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