Stricture synonyms

strĭk'chər

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criticism
The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.
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obloquy
Ill repute, disgrace, or infamy resulting from this
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rebuke
A sharp reprimand
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tightness
The quality or degree of being tight
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choking
The act of coughing when a foreign object (i.e. food, beverages) becomes lodged in a person's airway.
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strangulation
The act of strangling or the state of being strangled
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check
A draft signed by a person (the drawer or maker) that directs a bank (the drawee) to pay, on demand and without conditions, a specific sum of money to another person (the payee). Usually the funds are withdrawn from an account or a deposit that the drawer or maker has with the bank. Also called cheque.
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squeezing
The act of pressing; compression.
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binding
(Programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
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contraction
The shortening and thickening of a muscle for the purpose of exerting force on or causing movement of a body part.
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compression
(Computers) The process by which data is compressed into a form that minimizes the space required to store or transmit it.
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shrinking
The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
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blame (related)
Responsibility for a fault or wrong
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restraint (related)
(Uncountable) control or caution; reserve
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circumscription
Anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area
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constraint
One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check:
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cramp
A metal bar bent to form a right angle at each end, for holding together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.
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curb
(North America) A row of concrete along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK)
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inhibition
(Psychology) a personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
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limit
(Mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
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limitation
A restriction.
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restriction
A restricting or being restricted
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trammel
An arrangement of links and a hook in a fireplace for raising and lowering a kettle.
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constriction
A feeling of tightness or pressure:
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limited (related)
A limited train or bus.
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wide (related)
A ball bowled outside of the batsman's reach, counting as a run for the batting team in cricket.
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stenosis
(Med.) A narrowing, or constriction, of a passage, duct, opening, etc.
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laxity (related)
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dogmatism (related)
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legalism (related)
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control
Authority or ability to manage or direct:
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Stricture Sentence Examples

  • Even where they undergo healing they may cause such a stricture of the calibre of the intestinal canal as to give rise to the symptoms of obstruction which ultimately prove fatal.

  • Approximately 30% of patients with Barrett 's esophagus will develop a peptic stricture.

  • For this reason it is used to remove corneal opacities, deafness due to thickening of the membrane, stricture of the oesophagus and hypertrophy of the pylorus, it has also been successful in the treatment of adhesive parametritis.

  • Should the patient survive the first twenty-four hours death generally results later from stricture of the oesophagus or intestine, from destruction of the glands of the stomach or from exhaustion.

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