## Etymology
From Latin strictūra ('a contraction, drawing tight'), from strictus, past participle of stringere ('to draw tight, bind'); the critical sense arose from the idea of binding censure.

## AI Etymology
Stricture is from Latin strictūra ('a contraction, drawing tight'), from strictus, past participle of stringere ('to draw tight, bind'); the critical sense arose from the idea of binding censure. Important recorded forms include strictūra (Latin), stringere (Latin), and *strenk- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a severe criticism, or an abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body. The wider family includes related words such as strict, stringent, constrict, and restrict.

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