constriction

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: con=stric=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

constriction, n. [L. constrictio: cf. F. constriction.].

•  The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.  [1913 Webster]
•  The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding.  [1913 Webster]

  "A constriction of the parts inservient to speech."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

constriction

abbreviation, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, astriction, astringency, blockage, blocking, bottleneck, cervix, check, circumscription, clogging, closing up, closure, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, consolidation, constringency, contraction, contracture, cramp, curtailment, decrease, delay, detainment, detention, diminuendo, fixation, foot-dragging, hampering, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, hourglass, hourglass figure, impediment, inhibition, interference, interruption, isthmus, knitting, let, narrow place, narrowing, neck, negativism, nuisance value, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, puckering, pursing, reduction, repression, resistance, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, setback, shortening, solidification, squeeze, stranglehold, stranglement, strangulation, striction, stricture, suppression, systole, taper, tapering, wasp waist, wrinkling