Boa Constrictor :: Boa constrictor () A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix..

Constrict :: Constrict (v. t.) To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

Constricted :: Constricted (imp. & p. p.) of Constric.

Constricted :: Constricted (a.) Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.

Constricted :: Constricted (a.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.

Constricting :: Constricting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Constric.

Constriction :: Constriction (n.) The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression..

Constriction :: Constriction (n.) The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding.

Constrictive :: Constrictive (a.) Serving or tending to bind or constrict.

Constrictor :: Constrictor (n.) That which constricts, draws together, or contracts..

Constrictor :: Constrictor (n.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter..

Constrictor :: Constrictor (n.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor..

Vasoconstrictor :: Vasoconstrictor (a.) Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vasohypertonic..

Vasoconstrictor :: Vasoconstrictor (n.) A substance which causes constriction of the blood vessels. Such substances are used in medicine to raise blood pressure.

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