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Definition of Stricture
1. Noun. Abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway.
Specialized synonyms: Aortic Stenosis, Enterostenosis, Laryngostenosis, Pulmonary Stenosis, Pyloric Stenosis, Rhinostenosis, Mitral Stenosis, Mitral Valve Stenosis, Ureterostenosis
Generic synonyms: Pathology
Derivative terms: Stenotic
2. Noun. Severe criticism.
Definition of Stricture
1. n. Strictness.
Definition of Stricture
1. Noun. (context: usually in plural) A rule restricting behaviour or action. ¹
2. Noun. A sternly critical remark or review. ¹
3. Noun. (medicine) Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) strictness ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) A stroke; a glance; a touch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stricture
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stricture
Literary usage of Stricture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the venereal disease by John Hunter, Ph. Ricord, Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1853)
"Of the Gleet in conséquence of Stricture. have already observed that it generally
happens, if not always, that there is a gleet when there is a stricture in ..."
2. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"When the stricture is more extensive, there is hardly a limit to the extent of
inflammatory deposit which may exist, from the narrow band already alluded to ..."
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