strictured
- a word derived from stricture.
Example Sentences
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“The global economy is strictured around growth — the idea that firms, industries, and nations must increase production every year, regardless of whatever is needed,” reads the screenshot excerpt.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2024
Extraction of Foreign Bodies from the Strictured Esophagus.—Foreign bodies of relatively small size will lodge in a strictured esophagus.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
The strictured lumen is to be centered in the esophagoscopic field, and three successively increasing sizes of bougies are used under direct vision.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
Why, Sir George is a titled gentleman, and of course is not to be strictured too freely.
From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by Cooper, James Fenimore
They sometimes result from external stimuli, especially of a pathological nature, such as a strictured prepuce, or inflammatory states of the penis.
From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden
