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Definition of the day : « constrict »

  • verb inhibit
Example sentences :
  • A thread or the like tied about a blood vessel or other structure to constrict it.
  • Extract from : « Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry » by Maximilian Stern
  • Clothing should not constrict the body or hamper its movements.
  • Extract from : « American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick » by Jane A. Delano
  • The error deforms his faith as much as it tends to stiffen and constrict his life.
  • Extract from : « Studies of Christianity » by James Martineau
  • High stand-up collars are certainly to be avoided, as they constrict the Adam's apple and muffle the tone of the voice.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 » by Various
  • By virtue of this power they are enabled to constrict many dead animal matters.
  • Extract from : « The Action of Medicines in the System » by Frederick William Headland
  • Cartilaginous or partially calcified biconcave vertebrae are always well developed; they constrict the notochord intervertebrally.
  • Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
  • Biconcave cartilaginous vertebrae are developed, and as is the case in most fishes, constrict the notochord vertebrally.
  • Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
  • (b.) Those in which he tries to constrict it, by reuniting its separated sides.
  • Extract from : « A Manual of the Operations of Surgery » by Joseph Bell
  • Styptics are medicines which constrict the surface of a part, and prevent the effusion of blood, such as kino, &c.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million » by Sarah Josepha Hale
  • As the chromosomes go toward the poles the cell-body begins to constrict at the equator.
  • Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley