Definitions for: Stricture

[n] severe criticism
[n] abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway

Webster (1913) Definition: Stric"ture, n. [L. strictura a contraction, from
stringere, strictum, to draw tight: cf. F. stricture. See
Strict.]
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.

Synonyms: stenosis

See Also: aortic stenosis, criticism, enterostenosis, Laryngostenosis, mitral stenosis, mitral valve stenosis, pathology, pulmonary stenosis, pyloric stenosis, rhinostenosis, unfavorable judgment, ureterostenosis

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