stricture

IPA: strˈɪktʃɝ

noun

  • (usually in the plural) A rule restricting behaviour or action.
  • A general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology.
  • A sternly critical remark or review.
  • (medicine) Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body.
  • (obsolete) Strictness.
  • (obsolete) A stroke; a glance; a touch.
  • (linguistics) The degree of contact, in consonants.
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Examples of "stricture" in Sentences

  • He accepted all the strictures he got.
  • Does the stricture apply only to names
  • This is the stricture against petitions.
  • He was depressed after he received stricture.
  • The stricture is about 3 to 5 mm in diameter.
  • As a result, excrement bypasses the anal stricture.
  • It's a bizarre religious stricture and it belongs in the dark ages.
  • A stricture is a narrowing of the urethra severe enough to obstruct flow.
  • The blood that is visible is from the endoscope bumping into the stricture.
  • Initially, bougies were used to dilate benign strictures of the oesophagus.

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