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Constricting   /kənstrˈɪktɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Constrict  v. t.  (past & past part. constricted; pres. part. constricting)  To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink. "Such things as constrict the fibers." "Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction serves to constrict."



adjective
constricting  adj.  
1.
Hindering freedom of movement.
Synonyms: binding.
2.
Being reduced in width.
Synonyms: constrictive, narrowing.






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"Constricting" Quotes from Famous Books



... necessary that the clothing should be warm and at the same time sufficiently loose to prevent the constriction of any part of the body. And whatever the adult woman may elect to do in the matter of wearing corsets herself, she does her young daughter an irreparable injury by constricting and moulding her growing body in these corset-splints. Corsets placed on the young girl interfere with the functions of circulation, respiration, digestion, and of the pelvic organs, also with muscular development. In addition to all this, the girl is handicapped ...
— The Four Epochs of Woman's Life • Anna M. Galbraith

... after operation is very rare except in bleeders. Hemorrhage within the larynx can be stopped by the introduction of a roll of gauze from above, tracheotomy having been previously performed. Morphin subcutaneously administered, has a constricting action on the vessels which renders it of value ...
— Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy - A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery • Chevalier Jackson

... color, simplicity in style, together with long straight lines (Fig. 2). For the "going out" dress, select soft shades of brown, blue, wine, or dark green. Let the house dresses be simple, easy to launder, without constricting waist bands, of the one-piece type, in every way suitable for the work at hand. Under this outer dress, a princess petticoat should cover a specially designed maternity corset (if any corset at all be worn), to which is attached side hose-supporters. A support for the breasts may be worn ...
— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler

... contraction of the levator ani occurred during coitus, and the penis could not be withdrawn while this condition lasted; and in support of this circumstance Hendrichsen mentions that Marion Sims, Beigel, and Budin describe spasmodic contractions of the levator and, constricting the vagina; he also cites an instance under his personal observation in which this spasm was excited by both vaginal and rectal examination, although on the following day no such condition could be produced. In this connection, among ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

... meatus,—any mechanical interference short of cutting with a knife only aggravates the existing difficulty, and it is not uncommon to have such cases apply for assistance after they have in vain tried to dilate the constricting preputial orifice. In the early writings of the Greeks, it is mentioned that among the Egyptians circumcision exempted them from a certain form of disease that affected the penis. Philon mentions particularly the immunity ...
— History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present - Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance • Peter Charles Remondino



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