stricture
noun
a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism.
strictured
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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
Why, Sir George is a titled gentleman, and of course is not to be strictured too freely.
From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by James Fenimore Cooper
The intestine was opened at the end of the discovered intus-susceptio, and immediately a part of the strictured intestine came into view.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
The anal canal may be said to be strictured to the degree in which it is unable to dilate normally, and this strictured condition usually grows from bad to worse.
From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton) Jamison
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 Eden Paul
