constrictionn.
/kənˈstrɪkʃən/ 1. † c. A spasmodic contraction or shrinking of any part of the body. Obsolete.
a. Compressing or drawing together as by an encircling pressure; the condition of being so compressed together; compression, contraction.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > compression or constriction
compressing1398
compressionc1400
constrictionc1400
spanning1527
coarctation1540
restriction1580
choking1635
coarction1782
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 66 Þou schalt knowe it bi construccion [v.r. constructioun] & dilatacion of þe same arterie.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 641 The glottis..hath a double motion, one of dilatation another of constriction.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 192 The constriction of the pores..of the body.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 161 Evincing the Systole of the Heart to be a Muscular Constriction.
1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 90 By their constriction the fluid is forced out.
1836 Penny Cycl. V. 19/2 [Serpents have] immense muscular power, enabling some of the species to kill large animals by constriction.
b. A morbid condition of contractedness or tightness, or the feeling of such a condition.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > [noun] > constriction
constipationc1400
stricturec1400
prefocation?a1425
strangling1563
strangulation1749
constriction1783
incarceration1819
stenosis1872
1783 S. Johnson Let. 17 June (1994) IV. 149 An oppressive constriction of my chest.
1871 W. A. Hammond Treat. Dis. Nerv. Syst. 49 In both there are headache, sense of constriction, vertigo, etc.
1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Constriction-band sensation, a feeling as of a cord tied round the waist; a symptom of some diseases of the spinal cord.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > [noun] > contraction
crispation1710
constriction1771
1771 S. Farr Philos. Enq. Animal Motion 366 A Fourth effect..from a Stimulus, when it acts upon our bodies, is a Constriction or Spasm of the part to which it is applied.
2. concrete. A constricted part; a part markedly narrowed as if by some constricting influence.
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the world > space > [noun] > insufficiency of space > a confined or restricted space
narrowc1230
strait1352
throata1522
strait1545
straitness1625
constriction1826
bottleneck1850
fisherman's walk1867
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xxxvii. 11 The spinal marrow being formed of knots separated only by slight or deep constrictions.
1865 F. Parkman Champlain ix, in Pioneers of France in New World 301 A constriction of the vast channel narrows it to a mile.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 41 Raphanus maritimus..joints separated by a very deep constriction.
3. Something which constricts or confines.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] > means of restraint or restraining force
bridleeOE
bridea1425
restraint1523
aweband1531
bit1546
retentive1580
control1594
curb1613
hank1613
constriction1650
retinue1651
check1661
spigot1780
brake1875
way-chain1884
tab1889
inhibitor1902
check-cord1908
iron maiden1912
inhibition1932
1650 Exercitation conc. Usurped Powers 29 Those words..are an expresse, and fully sufficient constriction.
1877 R. D. Blackmore Cripps II. iv. 52 Neither was there hedge, or rail, or other mean constriction.
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