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Definitions for Stricture
[1] a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
[2] an abnormal contraction of any passage or duct of the body.
[3] Phonetics . a constriction of airflow in the vocal tract in the production of speech.
[4] a restriction.
[5] Archaic . the act of enclosing or binding tightly.
[6] Obsolete . strictness.
[7] a severe criticism; censure
[8] pathol an abnormal constriction of a tubular organ, structure, or part
[9] obsolete severity
Words related to Stricture
restraint, criticism, blame, reprobation, obloquy, rebuke, compression, binding, narrowing, shrinking, contraction, strangulation, choking
Words nearby Stricture
strict, striction, strictly, strictly decreasing function, strictly increasing function, stricture, stricturotomy, stride, stride piano, strident, stridor
Origin of Stricture
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin strictūra tightening, equivalent to Latin strict(us ) (see strict) + -ūra -ure
Other words from Stricture
stric·tured , adjective
non·stric·tured , adjective
Word origin for Stricture
C14: from Latin strictūra contraction; see strict