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Constriction

//kənˈstɹɪk.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of constricting, the state of being constricted, or something that constricts. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the action or process of compressing wordnet
  3. 3
    A narrow part of something; a stricture. countable, uncountable

    "[…] greatest breadth at a point about half way between the constriction and the ends […]"

  4. 4
    a tight feeling in some part of the body wordnet
  5. 5
    A compression. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    tight or narrow compression wordnet
  2. 7
    a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin constrictio, constrictionis, from Latin constringo.

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