Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to constrict, contract, or compress.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Serving or tending to bind or constrict.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That
constricts , or is accompanied byconstriction
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
- adjective restricting the scope or freedom of action
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Examples
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Many forms and degrees of failure were defined, and their responses to treatment measured: limited or fixed cardiac output, not responding to exercise; left ventricular failure with pulmonary hypertension; right ventricular failure with systemic venous hypertension; the congestive state with high blood flow, and with low; very low cardiac output without congestion; the dynamic effects of cardiac arrhythmias; the circulation in constrictive pericarditis31, 32.
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Analysis of biopsied lung tissue taken from the soldiers, who all served in Iraq or Afghanistan, showed that 38 had an unusual thickening of the small lung airways that restricted air flow, a condition known as constrictive bronchiolitis.
Troops in Mideast Face Breathing Ills Shirley S. Wang 2011
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That suggests they inhaled a significant dose of sulfur dioxide, a known cause of the lung disease, called constrictive bronchiolitis, Miller said in a telephone interview.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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That suggests they inhaled a significant dose of sulfur dioxide, a known cause of the lung disease, called constrictive bronchiolitis, Miller said in a telephone interview.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Researchers who performed lung biopsies on 38 veterans with unexplained breathing problems found a form of tissue damage - called constrictive bronchiolitis - that is rare in young adults and doesn't show up in standard tests.
FOXNews.com 2011
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Researchers who performed lung biopsies on 38 veterans with unexplained breathing problems found a form of tissue damage -- called constrictive bronchiolitis -- that is rare in young adults and doesn't show up in standard tests.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Researchers who performed lung biopsies on 38 veterans with unexplained breathing problems found a form of tissue damage -- called constrictive bronchiolitis -- that is rare in young adults and doesn't show up in standard tests.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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That suggests they inhaled a significant dose of sulfur dioxide, a known cause of the lung disease, called constrictive bronchiolitis, Miller said in a telephone interview.
SFGate: Top News Stories By MALCOLM RITTER 2011
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Researchers who performed lung biopsies on 38 veterans with unexplained breathing problems found a form of tissue damage - called constrictive bronchiolitis - that is rare in young adults and doesn't show up in standard tests.
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Sometimes we are like a frog -- we do not react to an environment which is slowly becoming too small and constrictive for us, we feel uncomfortable but we stay, slowly boiling our soul to death.
Stefania Lucchetti: Take A Time Out, Gain Perspective Stefania Lucchetti 2011
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