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Angor :: Angor (n.) Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression..

Strangulated :: Strangulated (a.) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia..

Constringe :: Constringe (v. t.) To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.

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

Disjunct :: Disjunct (a.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction..

Choke :: Choke (n.) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc..

Arctation :: Arctation (n.) Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as in constipation from inflammation..

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..

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

Thlipsis :: Thlipsis (n.) Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause..

Astrict :: Astrict (v. t.) To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.

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..

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

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)..

Hidebound :: Hidebound (a.) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees.

Moniliform :: Moniliform (a.) Joined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemble a string of beads; as, a moniliform root; a moniliform antenna. See Illust. of Antenna..

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

Incarceration :: Incarceration (n.) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation..

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

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

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