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constricted, ppl. a.|kənˈstrɪktɪd|
[f. prec.]
1. Drawn together by constriction; narrowed, straitened.
1753N. Torriano Gangr. Sore Throat Pref. 12 Those of a lax, more than those of a constricted State of Fibres. 1872T. G. Thomas Dis. Women 36 He..advises the dilatation of a constricted cervix by means of a tin tube.
2. Nat. Hist. Markedly narrowed at some part, as if by mechanical constriction.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. xxxvii. 14 In the caterpillar of the Goat Moth the first is oblong and constricted in the middle. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 98 Ornithopus perpusillus..pod much constricted between the seeds. |