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Definition of Constrictors
1. constrictor [n] - See also: constrictor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Constrictors
Literary usage of Constrictors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Pharmacology and Therapeutics by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1899)
"The acceleration was found to be due to direct action on the heart, the fell of
the blood-pressure to paralysis of the vaso-constrictors. ..."
2. Physical Geography by Mary Somerville (1870)
"... fresh-water snakes; boa constrictors; pythons, sea-snakes. § 5. The Saurians
or lizard tribe; crocodiles; alligators; lizards; dragons, ..."
3. The Lower Amazon: A Narrative of Explorations in the Little Known Regions of by Algot Lange (1914)
"... Lair of the Boa constrictors E return to the main river on board the canoe,
and, after paddling awhile, reach the mouth of a long lagoon on the banks of ..."
4. A Historical and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence in South by William Bennet Stevenson (1829)
"... Boa constrictors Santo Domingo de los Colorados Indians Dress Houses Food
Cocani- guas Quito. DURING my stay on the coast I visited the new village of ..."
5. Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Including Pharmacy and Pharmacology by Reynold Webb Wilcox (1917)
"Vaso-constrictors. a. Drugs which, when locally applied to vessels, constrict
them: These may act in two ways: (1) By contracting the muscular coat of the ..."
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