stricture

[ strik-cher ]

/ ˈstrɪk tʃər /

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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.

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Origin of stricture

1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin strictūra tightening, equivalent to Latin strict(us) (see strict) + -ūra-ure

OTHER WORDS FROM stricture

strictured, adjectivenon·stric·tured, adjective

Words nearby stricture

strict, striction, strictly, strictly decreasing function, strictly increasing function, stricture, stride, strident, stride piano, strider, stridor

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How to use stricture in a sentence

When they play with technical strictures, they also feel the music suffers.
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So she hasn’t spoken about her conservatorship or about the strictures under which she is living for 13 years.
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It also gives individual viewers — rather than Disney, with its many corporate obligations and strictures on what is and isn’t family-friendly — the agency to determine who we cheer for and identify with, and what version of the narrative we accept.
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As the days turn into weeks turn into months, the strictures become harder to tolerate.
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Assisted living facilities emerged as a third way, rejecting the clinical strictures of a medical institution in favor of a more informal, dormlike setting.
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In both cases, one of the frequent complications can be the stricture of the urethra.
Ayatollah Khamenei’s Cancer Scare|IranWire|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The principal stricture passed on the virtuoso was that he played too softly, or, rather, too delicately.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
The common sequence is stricture of the gullet, combined with feeble digestion, and in a few instances stricture of the pylorus.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
The gullet is most affected at its lower part, and it is this part which is mostly subject to stricture.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
The first recorded operation for external urethrotomy for the relief of stricture is mentioned in Wiseman's writings.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park
Rec′toscope, a speculum for rectal examination; Rectot′omy, the operation for dividing a rectal stricture.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for stricture

stricture

/ (ˈstrɪktʃə) /

noun

a severe criticism; censure

pathol an abnormal constriction of a tubular organ, structure, or part

obsolete severity

Derived forms of stricture

strictured, adjective

Word Origin for stricture

C14: from Latin strictūra contraction; see strict

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