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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.

Words related to stricture

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

Words nearby stricture

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

Origin of stricture

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

OTHER WORDS FROM stricture

stric·tured, adjectivenon·stric·tured, adjective
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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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Medicine definitions for stricture

stricture
[ strĭk′chər ]

n.

A circumscribed narrowing of a hollow structure.
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