constriction
/kənˈstrɪkʃn
/noun [mass noun]
1The action of making something narrower by pressure or of becoming narrower; tightening: asthma is a constriction of the airways...
- Sponges are capable of regulating the amount of flow through their bodies by the constriction of various openings.
- The initial phase of the process is vascular constriction.
- Similarly, histamine arises in many tissues by the decarboxylation of histidine, which in excess causes constriction or dilation of various blood vessels.
Synonyms
tightening, narrowing, shrinking, squeezing;
tightness, pressure, compression, contraction, cramp;
obstruction, blockage, impediment, congestion;
choking, strangulation;
Medicine stricture, stenosis
archaic straitening
1.1 [count noun] A place where something has become tighter or narrower; an obstruction: flow was impeded at bends and constrictions...
- The diagnosis is emended to include the new observation of basal constrictions at dichotomies.
- The treated limb will show patchy areas of pallor caused by arteriolar constriction.
- The aganglionic segment is of normal caliber without stricture or constriction.
Rhymes
- night terrors
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- night-wake
- night waking
- night walk
- nightwalker
- nightwalking
- night wanderer
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- night warbler
- nightward
- nightwards
- night watch
- night-watcher
- night-watching
- nightwatchman
- night water
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- night wind
- night work
- night worker