stricture
11stricture — UK [ˈstrɪktʃə(r)] / US [ˈstrɪktʃər] noun [countable] Word forms stricture : singular stricture plural strictures formal 1) a limit to your freedom 2) a criticism …
12stricture — (stri ktu r ) s. f. Terme de chirurgie. Etranglement, rétrécissement. Les strictures de l urèthre. HISTORIQUE XVIe s. • Pour l angustie et la stricture de la trachée artere, PARÉ XIV, 18. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat. strictura, de stringere, étreindre …
13stricture — stric|ture [ˈstrıktʃə US ər] n [C often plural] formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Late Latin; Origin: strictura tightening, narrowing , from Latin strictus; STRICT] 1.) a rule that strictly limits what you can do stricture on/against ▪ religious… …
14stricture — [[t]strɪ̱ktʃə(r)[/t]] strictures 1) N COUNT: usu pl, oft N on/against n You can use strictures to refer to severe criticism or disapproval of something. [FORMAL] ...Mencken s strictures on the 1920s, with its self righteous prohibition on alcohol …
15stricture — noun 1) the constant strictures of the nuns Syn: criticism, censure, condemnation, reproof, reproach, admonishment, animadversion Ant: praise 2) the strictures on Victorian women Syn …
16Stricture, esophagus, acute — A narrowing or closure of the normal opening of the swallowing tube leading to the stomach, usually caused by scarring from acid irritation. Acute, complete obstruction of the esophagus occurs when food (usually meat) is lodged in the esophageal… …
17stricture — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin strictura, from Latin strictus, past participle Date: 14th century 1. a. an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage; also the narrowed part b. a constriction of the breath passage in the production… …
18stricture — n. [L. stringere, to bind tight] A binding or contraction, as of a passage in a body …
19stricture — strictured, adj. /strik cheuhr/, n. 1. a remark or comment, esp. an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author s style. 2. an abnormal contraction of any passage or duct of the body. 3. a restriction. 4. Archaic. the… …
20stricture — noun a) A rule restricting behaviour or action. For them, parity is less an ultimate goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power the strictures of… …
