Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A restraint, limit, or restriction.
- n. An adverse remark or criticism; censure.
- n. Pathology An abnormal narrowing of a duct or passage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A rule restricting behaviour or action.
- n. A sternly critical remark or review.
- n. Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body.
- n. strictness
- n. A stroke; a glance; a touch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Strictness.
- n. A stroke; a glance; a touch.
- n. A touch of adverse criticism; censure.
- n. A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A drawing tight; contraction; compression; binding.
- n. In pathology, a morbid contraction of some mucous canal or duct of the body, as the esophagus, intestine, urethra, or vagina.
- n. Strictness.
- n. Sharp criticism; critical remark; censure.
- n. Mark; trace; evidence; sign.
- n. See the adjectives. (See also bridle-stricture.)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
- n. severe criticism
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The same stricture is applicable to those who define God to be mere Being;
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Indeed if applied to the historian E.P. Thompson (whom Garton Ash mentions but whose research techniques he clearly cannot reproduce), this stricture translates into a view that The Making of the English Working Class may be fatally flawed because its author wasn't present during the Chartist era.
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Well I think, Judy, this problem is called a stricture where there can be scarring around the connection between the stomach pouch and the intestines and often this can be relieved by a procedure called endoscopy where the surgeon goes in and actually stretches that area.
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That the testicles are very apt to suffer from the existence of a stricture is a well-known fact.
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The possible consequences of a stricture are the very worst imaginable; and a person who has acquired this unfortunate condition, is certain to be subjected to many inconveniences, and may be compelled to endure great suffering therefrom.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life.
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It requires strength and precision to divide thoroughly the indurated stricture, which is apt to elude the knife.
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Ratliffe really hasn't made full use of that stricture, which is also designed to put him at the free-throw line more.
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Called a stricture, this can make it hard or painful to swallow.
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It is in cases of this latter kind of stricture that experience has demonstrated the necessity of opening the sac (a proceeding otherwise not only needless, but objectionable) and dividing its constricted neck.
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This kind of stricture is often met in the treatment of spermatorrhoea.
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