stricture
[strik-cher]
- 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
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restraintcriticismblamereprobationobloquyrebukecompressionbindingnarrowingshrinkingcontractionstrangulationchokingExamples from the Web for stricture
Contemporary Examples
In both cases, one of the frequent complications can be the stricture of the urethra.
Historical Examples
This is least objectionable in cases of stricture close to the meatus.
A Manual of the Operations of SurgeryJoseph Bell
"I will have some supper," Rose said, with dignity, ignoring the stricture.
A Little Girl in Old QuebecAmanda Millie Douglas
I do not anticipate this stricture, but rather another—that I have proved too much by it.
The Aesthetical EssaysFriedrich Schiller
It has been done effectively where the vas had no stricture.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and MutilationAustin O'Malley
The stricture passed will, in fact, be indirect and limited.
The Basis of MoralityArthur Schopenhauer
stricture
- a severe criticism; censure
- pathol an abnormal constriction of a tubular organ, structure, or part
- obsolete severity
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Word Origin
C14: from Latin strictūra contraction; see strict
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Word Origin and History for stricture
n.
c.1400, "abnormal narrowing in a body part," from Late Latin strictura "contraction, constriction," from past participle stem of stringere (2) "to bind or draw tight" (see strain (v.)). Sense of "criticism, critical remark" is first recorded 1650s, perhaps from the other Latin word stringere "to touch lightly" (see strigil).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
stricture
(strĭk′chər)- A circumscribed narrowing of a hollow structure.
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