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/kənˈstrikt/,
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constricted, past participle; constricted, past tense; constricts, 3rd person singular present; constricting, present participle;
  1. Make narrower, esp. by encircling pressure
    • - chemicals that constrict the blood vessels
    • - constricted air passages
  2. Become narrower
    • - he felt his throat constrict
  3. (of a snake) Coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it

  4. Restrict
    • - the fear and the reality of crime constrict many people's lives
  1. compress: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
  2. become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"
  3. (constricted) especially tense; especially in some dialects
  4. (constricted) drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life"
  5. (constricting) (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
  6. (constriction) a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
  7. Constriction is a method used by various snake species to kill their prey. Although some species of venomous and mildly-venomous snakes do use constriction to subdue their prey, most snakes which use constriction lack venom . ...
  8. To narrow, especially by applying pressure
  9. (Constricted) When a horse is forcefully constrained, restrained or contracted.
  10. (Constricted) (kon-STRYK-ted) -- Being compressed or drawn together at some point.
  11. (constricted () fruit): pulled in at centre to form two parts.
  12. (constricted) of lobes, of varying width.
  13. (Constriction (bronchoconstriction)) The tightening of the muscles around the airways of the lungs; one of the two main causes of asthma symptoms.
  14. ((constriction)) 1° (Retina → Optic nerve → Optic chiasm → Optic tract → Pretectal nucleus) → 2° (Edinger-Westphal nucleus) → 3° (Oculomotor nerve → Parasympathetic root of ciliary ganglion → Ciliary ganglion) → (4° Short ciliary nerves → Iris sphincter muscle)
  15. (Constriction) In certain snakes called constrictors, a method of killing prey by compressing it in tight coils of the body
  16. (Constriction) Lesser used name for clamping.
  17. (Constriction) Squeezing in the lines of force; i.e., a narrowing of section in a magnetized material.
  18. (Constriction) external indentation of the wall, between bulbs. {Deflandre and Deflandre-Rigaud 1962}
  19. (constriction) Process of drawing together as in the narrowing of a vessel
  20. 1. to tighten or make narrow. 2. to cause living tissue to contract. 3. to compress or bind in order to make smaller. From the Latin stringere, to draw tight.
  21. While this word generally means to make something narrower, in economics it is commonly used for making something, especially the money supply, smaller (or perhaps to allow it to grow more slowly).
  22. to make tight or cramped. When bronchial tubes are constricted, very little air can pass through them.
  23. To make small. Typically pupils constrict or get smaller in bright light.
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