Definition of constrict

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

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Constrict :: Constrict (v. t.) To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
Constrictor :: Constrictor (n.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter..
Asthma :: Asthma (n.) A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration..
Astrict :: Astrict (v. t.) To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.
Paraphimosis :: Paraphimosis (n.) A condition in which the prepuce, after being retracted behind the glans penis, is constricted there, and can not be brought forward into place again..
Constricted :: Constricted (a.) Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.
Strictly :: Striction (n.) The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted..
Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.
Constringe :: Constringe (v. t.) To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.
Astringe :: Astringe (v. t.) To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.
Thlipsis :: Thlipsis (n.) Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause..
Stegnotic :: Stegnosis (n.) Constipation; also, constriction of the vessels or ducts..
Constrictor :: Constrictor (n.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor..
Disjunct :: Disjunct (a.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction..
Boa :: Boa (n.) A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques)..
Constricted :: Constricted (imp. & p. p.) 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..
Constricted :: Constricted (a.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.
Machinist :: Machinist (n.) A constrictor of machines and engines; one versed in the principles of machines.
Constriction :: Constriction (n.) The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding.
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