VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / stricture

Thesaurus: stricture

Strictness.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

organicdefinitionspasmodicdefinitionpassagedefinitiontouchdefinitionbodydefinitioncontractiondefinitioncriticismdefinitionlocalizeddefinitionmorbiddefinitionstrictnessdefinitionadversedefinitioncensuredefinitionglancedefinitionObsdefinitionstrokedefinitionstricturesdefinitionabnormaldefinitionabstinencedefinitionbodilydefinitioncanaldefinitionfirmdefinitiongivendefinitionhaledefinitionlibertydefinitionmandefinitionMEddefinitionmyselfdefinitionnarrowingdefinition

Definitions

  1. n. Strictness.
  2. n. A stroke; a glance; a touch.
  3. n. A touch of adverse criticism; censure.
  4. n. A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic.
  5. n. abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
  6. n. severe criticism
  7. 1. Strictness. [Obs.] A man of stricture and firm abstinence. Shak. 2. A stroke; a glance; a touch. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale. 3. A touch of adverse criticism; censure. [I have] given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of reflection on all and every passage. Hammond. 4. (Med.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic. Arbuthnot.
  8. A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf.Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, andSpasmodic. Arbuthnot.