- nounstricture (noun) · strictures (plural noun)
- a restriction on a person or activity:"religious strictures on everyday life"
- a sternly critical or censorious remark or instruction:"his strictures on their lack of civic virtue"
- medicineabnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body:"a colonic stricture" · "jaundice caused by bile duct stricture"
Originlate Middle English (in stricture): from Latin strictura, from stringere ‘draw tight’ (see strict). Another sense of the Latin verb, ‘touch lightly’, gave rise to stricture via an earlier meaning ‘incidental remark’.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a restriction on a person or activity:
- a sternly critical or censorious remark or instruction:
- abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body:
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- A stricture can refer to1234:
- An abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage (such as from inflammation, cancer, or scar tissue).
- A remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism.
- A restriction or limitation.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.: an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage (as from inflammation, cancer, or the formation of scar tissue)www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stricturenoun a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style. an abnormal contraction of any passage or duct of the body. Phonetics. a constriction of airflow in the vocal tract in the production of speech. a restriction. Archaic. the act of enclosing or binding tightly.www.dictionary.com/browse/stricture: a law or rule that limits or controls something : restriction moral strictures — often + against or on strictures on/against the sale and possession of weapons 2 : a strong criticism — usually plural I don't agree with all of her strictures on the state of contemporary literature.www.britannica.com/dictionary/strictureA restraint, limit, or restriction: strictures placed on free assembly; strictures against food in the library; the strictures of traditional gender roles. 2. An abnormal narrowing of a bodily duct or passage. 3.www.thefreedictionary.com/stricture Explore further
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