constriction

C2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings
US /kənˈstɹɪk.ʃən/
noun Freq #60610

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a tight feeling in some part of the body

    They felt a constriction in their chest and could not breathe.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a tight feeling in some... tightness
Word family
Forms constrictions
Derived forms arterioconstrictionbronchoconstrictionhyperconstrictionnanoconstrictionpreconstrictionpupilloconstrictionreconstrictionvasoconstriction

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin constrictio, constrictionis, from Latin constringo.

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