stricture

[strik-cher]

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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.

Origin of stricture

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

Related formsstric·tured, adjectivenon·stric·tured, adjective

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Related Words for stricture

restraint, criticism, blame, reprobation, obloquy, rebuke, compression, binding, narrowing, shrinking, contraction, strangulation, choking

Examples from the Web for stricture

Contemporary Examples of stricture

In both cases, one of the frequent complications can be the stricture of the urethra.
Ayatollah Khamenei’s Cancer Scare
IranWire
September 20, 2014

Historical Examples of stricture

This is least objectionable in cases of stricture close to the meatus.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery
Joseph Bell
"I will have some supper," Rose said, with dignity, ignoring the stricture.
A Little Girl in Old Quebec
Amanda Millie Douglas
I do not anticipate this stricture, but rather another—that I have proved too much by it.
The Aesthetical Essays
Friedrich Schiller
It has been done effectively where the vas had no stricture.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation
Austin O'Malley
The stricture passed will, in fact, be indirect and limited.
The Basis of Morality
Arthur Schopenhauer

British Dictionary definitions for stricture

stricture

noun

a severe criticism; censure
pathol an abnormal constriction of a tubular organ, structure, or part
obsolete severity

Derived Formsstrictured, adjective

Word Origin for stricture

C14: from Latin strictūra contraction; see strict

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Word Origin and History for stricture

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).

stricture in Medicine

stricture

[strĭk′chər]

A circumscribed narrowing of a hollow structure.