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stricture

Syllabification: (stric·ture)

Pronunciation: /ˈstrikCHər/

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Definition of stricture

noun

1a restriction on a person or activity:religious strictures on everyday life

2a sternly critical or censorious remark or instruction:his strictures on their lack of civic virtue

3 Medicine abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body:a colonic stricture jaundice caused by bile duct stricture

Derivatives

strictured

Origin:

late Middle English (stricture (sense 3)): from Latin strictura, from stringere 'draw tight' (see strict). Another sense of the Latin verb, 'touch lightly', gave rise to stricture (sense 2) via an earlier meaning 'incidental remark'

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