Usually means: Narrowing or tightening of passage.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 34 dictionaries that define the word constriction:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. constriction: Merriam-Webster
  2. constriction: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. constriction: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. constriction: Collins English Dictionary
  5. constriction: Vocabulary.com
  6. Constriction, constriction: Wordnik
  7. constriction: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. constriction: Wiktionary
  9. constriction: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. constriction: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. constriction: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. constriction: Dictionary.com
  13. constriction: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Constriction: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Constriction: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. constriction: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. constriction: Rhymezone
  18. Constriction: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. constriction: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. constriction: FreeDictionary.org
  21. constriction: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. constriction: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. constriction: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. constriction: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. constriction: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Constriction: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  6. CONSTRICTION: Vocabulary of Loss: Suicide, Grief, and Ethics
  7. constriction: Medical dictionary
  8. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See constrictions as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (constriction)

noun:  The act of constricting, the state of being constricted, or something that constricts.
noun:  A narrow part of something; a stricture.
noun:  A compression.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    gray,     charcoal,     gunmetal,     graphite,     pewter, more...




Words similar to constriction

Usage examples for constriction

Idioms related to constriction

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing constriction

Words that often appear near constriction

Rhymes of constriction

Invented words related to constriction

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    gray,     charcoal,     gunmetal,     graphite,     pewter, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux