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constringent

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con⋅strin⋅gent

  [kuhn-strin-juhnt]
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–adjective
1. constricting.
2. causing constriction.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L constringent- (s. of constringēns, prp. of constringere). See constringe, -ent

Related forms:
con⋅strin⋅gen⋅cy, noun
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con·stringe   (kən-strĭnj')   
tr.v.   con·stringed, con·string·ing, con·string·es
To cause to contract; constrict.

[Latin cōnstringere, to compress; see constrain.]
con·strin'gen·cy n., con·strin'gent adj.
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