Thesaurus: constriction

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1. n. The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.
2. n. The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding.
3. n. a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
4. n. tight or narrow compression
5. n. a tight feeling in some part of the body
6. n. the action or process of compressing
7. 1. The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression. 2. The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding. A constriction of the parts inservient to speech. Grew.
8. n:100 n. a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel n. tight or narrow compression n. a tight feeling in some part of the body