constriction

C2 Topic:The Human Body

US /kənˈstɹɪk.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #60610

Meanings

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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

More stricture contraction bottleneck

Word family

Forms constrictions

Derived forms arterioconstrictionbronchoconstrictionhyperconstrictionnanoconstrictionpreconstrictionpupilloconstrictionreconstrictionvasoconstriction

Related forms constrain constraint constrict restriction

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Phrases (1)

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vascular constriction
narrowing of blood vessels that reduces the space through which blood can flow

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

*streyg- Proto-Indo-European constrictio la-lat constringo Latin

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The Human Body Word Formation & Derivatives

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