Usually means: Constriction, binding, or tightening effect.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. astriction: Merriam-Webster
  2. astriction: Collins English Dictionary
  3. astriction: Wordnik
  4. astriction: Wiktionary
  5. Astriction, astriction: Dictionary.com
  6. Astriction: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. astriction: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Astriction: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. astriction: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. astriction: FreeDictionary.org
  11. astriction: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. Astriction: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. astriction: Merriam-Webster

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

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. astriction: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (astriction)

noun:  The act of binding; restriction; obligation.
noun:  (medicine) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance.
noun:  (obsolete) constipation
noun:  (obsolete) astringency
noun:  (law, Scotland, historical) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. (The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.)

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