The action of the verb; compression.

The action of compressing; pressing together, squeezing; forcing into a smaller compass; condensation by pressure.

Compressing or drawing together as by an encircling pressure; the condition of being so compressed together; compression, contraction.

The action of drawing tight, making close, etc.; the result of this. Obsolete.

The action of compressing tightly or narrowly; compression, constriction, restraint; the fact of being so compressed.

Partial obstruction, esp. to the flow of liquid or air within a vessel or channel; an instance of this. Also: constriction, narrowing.

The action of choke, v.; obstruction of the breath; blocking up of a passage, constriction of a tube; suffocation, smothering.

Coarctation, constriction.