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Stricture   /strˈɪktʃər/   Listen
Stricture

noun
1.
Abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway.  Synonym: stenosis.
2.
Severe criticism.






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"Stricture" Quotes from Famous Books



... to completely stop the return of venous blood from the stomach, kidneys, bowels and all other organs, such as the lymphatics, pancreas, fascia, cellular membranes, nerve centers, ganglionic and all systems of supply of organs of life found in the abdomen. Thus by pressure, stricture or contraction to the passage of blood can be stopped, either above or below the diaphragm, and be the cause of blood being detained long enough to die from asphyxia, and be left in the body of all organs ...
— Philosophy of Osteopathy • Andrew T. Still



Words linked to "Stricture" :   criticism, rhinostenosis, stenosis, laryngostenosis, pulmonary stenosis, pathology, pyloric stenosis, enterostenosis, aortic stenosis, ureterostenosis, unfavorable judgment, mitral valve stenosis, mitral stenosis



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