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stricture
a restriction; an adverse criticism: The critic made a stricture regarding the script.
Not to be confused with:
stricter – more rigid or exacting in enforcing rules: stricter parents
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stric·ture
(strĭk′chər)n.
1. A restraint, limit, or restriction: strictures placed on free assembly; strictures against food in the library; the strictures of traditional gender roles.
2. An abnormal narrowing of a bodily duct or passage.
3. An adverse remark or criticism: "my writing ... which he praises sufficiently to give his strictures a good deal of force" (Virginia Woolf).
[Middle English, an abnormal narrowing of a bodily part, from Late Latin strictūra, contraction, from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere, to draw tight; see strict.]
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stricture
(ˈstrɪktʃə)n
1. a severe criticism; censure
2. (Pathology) pathol an abnormal constriction of a tubular organ, structure, or part
3. obsolete severity
[C14: from Latin strictūra contraction; see strict]
ˈstrictured adj
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stric•ture
(ˈstrɪk tʃər)n.
1. an abnormal contraction of any passage or duct of the body.
2. limitation; restriction.
3. an adverse criticism.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin strictūra tightening = Latin strict(us) (see strict) + -ūra -ure]
stric′tured, adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  stricture - abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passagewayaortic stenosis - abnormal narrowing of the aortic valve enterostenosis - abnormal narrowing of the intestine laryngostenosis - abnormal narrowing of the larynx pulmonary stenosis - abnormal narrowing of the opening into the pulmonary artery from the right ventricle pyloric stenosis - narrowing of the pyloric sphincter that blocks the passage of food from the stomach into the duodenum rhinostenosis - narrowing of the passages in the nasal cavities mitral stenosis, mitral valve stenosis - obstruction or narrowing of the mitral valve (as by scarring from rheumatic fever) pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition ureterostenosis - stenosis of the ureter |
| 2. | stricture - severe criticism criticism, unfavorable judgment - disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent" |
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stricture
(Formal)noun
1. criticism, disapproval, censure, stick (slang), blame, rebuke, flak (informal), bad press, sideswipe, animadversion a thinly disguised stricture against the rights of man
2. limitation, restriction, constraint, condition, handicap, restraint, demarcation Your goals are hindered by financial strictures.
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stricture
noun1. Something that limits or restricts:
2. Pathology. A becoming narrow or narrower:
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stricture
[ˈstrɪktʃəʳ] N1. (usu pl) (= criticism) → censura f, crítica f
to pass strictures on sb → censurar a algn, poner reparos a algn
to pass strictures on sb → censurar a algn, poner reparos a algn
2. (Med) → constricción f
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stricture
n
usu pl (form: = criticism) → (scharfe) Kritik no pl; to make or pass strictures upon somebody → jdn (scharf) kritisieren
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stric·ture
n. estrechez, estrechamiento, constricción.
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stricture
n estenosis f, estrechez f; esophageal — estenosis esofágicaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.