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Webster 1913 Edition

Constriction

Con-stric′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
constrictio
: cf. F.
constriction
.]
1.
The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.
2.
The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding.
A
constriction
of the parts inservient to speech.
Grew.

Webster 1828 Edition

Constriction

CONSTRICTION

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Noun.
A drawing together or contraction by means of some inherent power, or by spasm, as distinguished from compression, or the pressure of extraneous bodies; as the constriction of a muscle or fiber. It may perhaps be sometimes used as synonymous with compression.

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