constriction C2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /kənˈstɹɪk.ʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #60610 Meanings 1 noun a tight feeling in some part of the body They felt a constriction in their chest and could not breathe. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a tight feeling in some... tightness More stricturecontractionbottleneck Word family Forms constrictions Derived forms arterioconstrictionbronchoconstrictionhyperconstrictionnanoconstrictionpreconstrictionpupilloconstrictionreconstrictionvasoconstriction Related forms constrainconstraintconstrictrestriction Common collocations vascular constriction Adjective + noun Etymology Borrowed from Late Latin constrictio, constrictionis, from Latin constringo. *streyg- Proto-Indo-European constrictio la-lat constringo Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # constriction **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kənˈstɹɪk.ʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 60610 ## Meanings 1. a tight feeling in some part of the body ## Examples - They felt a constriction in their chest and could not breathe. ## Synonyms - tightness - stricture - contraction - bottleneck ## Derived Forms - arterioconstriction - bronchoconstriction - hyperconstriction - nanoconstriction - preconstriction - pupilloconstriction - reconstriction - vasoconstriction ## Related Forms - constrain - constraint - constrict - restriction ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *streyg- - Root: constrictio - Root: constringo ## Etymology Borrowed from Late Latin constrictio, constrictionis, from Latin constringo. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown