Definition of Constringes

1. constringe [v] - See also: constringe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Constringes

constricting
constriction
constriction ring
constrictions
constrictions of ureter
constrictive
constrictive bronchiolitis
constrictive endocarditis
constrictive pericarditis
constrictor
constrictors
constricts
constringe
constringed
constringent
constringes (current term)
constringing
construable
construal
construals
construct
construct validity
constructability
constructal
constructed
constructed language
constructed languages
constructer
constructers
constructibility

Literary usage of Constringes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Handbook of therapeutics by Sydney Ringer (1871)
"Tho alum solution constringes the parts, and sometimes causes severe cramp-like pains in the belly. Such injections rarely fail, if properly applied. ..."

2. The Aristocracy of Health: A Study of Physical Culture, Our Favorite Poisons by Mary Foote Henderson (1906)
"The alcohols . . . relax the vessels; nicotine constringes; ... opium relaxes then constringes; ether relaxes; chloral hydrate first ..."

3. The Spirit of Laws by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (1900)
"Of the Difference of Men in different Climates Cold air constringes the extremities of the external fibres of the body -fl this increases their elasticity, ..."

4. The Works of Tobias Smollett by Tobias George Smollett, William Ernest Henley (1900)
"... while the cold air constringes the fibres, and obstructs the perspiration, inflammatory disorders must ensue. Accordingly, the people are then subject ..."

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