STRICTURE
\stɹˈɪkt͡ʃə], \stɹˈɪktʃə], \s_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_tʃ_ə]\
Definitions of STRICTURE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Strictness.
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A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic.
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Strictness.
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(med.) A morbid contraction of any passage of the body: an unfavorable criticism: censure: critical remark.
By Daniel Lyons
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Strictness.
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Pathol. Contraction of some channel.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A diminution or contracted condition of some tube or duct, as the oesophagus, rectum, urethra. This must be dilated by appropriate bougies. Strictures may, also, occur in the intestines: they are unmanageable, with the exception of those of the rectum, which admit of topical applications.
By Robley Dunglison
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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