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constriction

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
constrict/kənˈstrɪkt/

▶verb make or become narrower, especially by encircling pressure.

■ (of a snake) coil round (prey) in order to asphyxiate it.

– derivatives
constriction noun,
constrictive adjective.

– origin C18 (earlier (ME) as constriction): from L. constrict-, constringere (see constrain).

'constriction' also found in these Oxford entries:

articulation - boa - constrict - COPD - ephedrine - ergotamine - Geissler tube - miosis - peristalsis - peristaltic pump - pressor - python - salbutamol - strangulate - thromboxane - tidal bore - vasoconstriction - vasomotor - vasopressor

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