
1) Criticism 2) Limitation 3) Pathology 4) Severe censure 5) Severe criticism 6) Stenosis 7) Strictness
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1) Enterostenosis 2) Hindrance 3) Laryngostenosis 4) Limit 5) Rhinostenosis 6) Stenosis 7) Ureterostenosis
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- abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
- severe criticism
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• (n.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic. • (n.) Strictness. • (n.) A stroke; a glance; a touch. • (n.) A touch of adverse criticism; censure.
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Abnormal scarring or narrowing of a hollow tube
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(from the article `diagnosis`) ...persist despite an adequate trial of treatment or when there is upper gastrointestinal bleeding or a suspicion of upper gastrointestinal cancer. ... Fibrous (scar) tissue contracts over time. Consequently, when fibrous tissue develops around a tube, as in the esophagus, in response to ... [2 related ...
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A narrowing of a tube in the body, e.g., in the urethra.
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<anatomy> A narrowing, especially of a tube or canal, due to scar tissue or tumour. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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(strik´chәr) stenosis.
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a narrowing of passage in the body
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Generally used in bariatric surgery to refer to a narrowing of the stoma. Stricture can also refer to a narrowing anywhere along the intestine. These generally occur weeks to months after the operation and may need to be dilated back to the optimal size using endoscopy, or may require a re-operation to correct.
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Stric'ture noun [ Latin
strictura a contraction, from
stringere ,
strictum , to draw tight: confer French
stricture . See
Strict .]
1. Strictness. [ Obsolete] « A man of
stricture and firm abstinence.»
Shak. 2. A stroke...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: strik′chūr Definitions: 1. A circumscribed narrowing or stenosis of a hollow structure, usually consisting of cicatricial contracture or deposition of abnormal tissue.
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Stricture: An abnormal narrowing of a body passage, especially a tube or a canal. The stricture may be due, for example, to scar tissue or to a tumor. Stricture refers to both the process of narrowing and the narrowed part itself. A stricture is also anything that closely restrains or limits. Shakespeare used 'stricture' in the sense of strictness,...
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Narrowing of the diameter of a hollow tube, usually the result of contraction caused by local tissue damage.
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[
n] - severe criticism
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noun severe criticism
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Similar to stenosis. Narrowing of a tubular structure.
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a remark or comment, esp. an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style. · an abnormal contraction of any passage or duct of the body. · a restriction. · the act of enclosing or binding tightly. · strictness.
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abnormal narrowing of a part of an organ.
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[Intelligent words] severe criticism
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