Stricture

What do we mean by stricture?

A restraint, limit, or restriction. noun

An abnormal narrowing of a bodily duct or passage. noun

An adverse remark or criticism. noun

A drawing tight; contraction; compression; binding. noun

In pathology, a morbid contraction of some mucous canal or duct of the body, as the esophagus, intestine, urethra, or vagina. noun

Strictness. noun

Sharp criticism; critical remark; censure. noun

Mark; trace; evidence; sign. noun

See the adjectives. (See also bridle-stricture.) noun

Strictness. noun

A stroke; a glance; a touch. noun

A touch of adverse criticism; censure. noun

A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic. noun

A rule restricting behaviour or action. noun

A sternly critical remark or review. noun

Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body. noun

Strictness noun

A stroke; a glance; a touch. noun

Abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway noun

Severe criticism noun

(usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action

A general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology

A sternly critical remark or review

Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body

Strictness

A stroke; a glance; a touch

The degree of contact, in consonants

Words that are spelled similarly to stricture:
stricture, structure, striature, scripture, ricture, strictures, stricter, triture, strictured, strictum.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word stricture:
dilatation, dysphagia, urethra, narrowing, esophagus, esophageal, stenosis, reflux, colitis, ischemic, duct, urinary, obstruction, anal, vowel, surgical, complications, symptoms, patient, surgery, sounds, repair, causes, severe, disease, formation, patients, require, cancer, occur, caused, cause, treatment, usually, initial, associated, performed.

Words that rhyme with stricture:
picture, paint a picture, get the picture, motion picture, moving picture, word picture, mental picture, talking picture, identikit picture, memory picture, x-ray picture, telepicture.

Adjectives that are often used to describe stricture:
urethral, benign, spasmodic, organic, rectal, malignant, congenital, peptic, ureteral, fibrous, tight, anastomotic, oesophageal, traumatic, inflammatory, severe, simple, long, cicatricial, esophageal, postoperative, distal, annular, permanent, narrow, anal, cancerous, short, intestinal, true, subsequent, syphilitic, impassable, colonic, recurrent, impermeable, chronic, smooth, irregular, fibrotic, slight, late, dominant, ureteric, tuberculous, biliary, bronchial, meatal, tubular, carcinomatous, dense, partial, ischemic, proximal, anorectal, extensive, corrosive, secondary, cervical, pyloric, ductal, ureteropelvic, focal, induced, acquired, standing, caustic, tracheal, irritable, vaginal, mild, membranous, ureterovesical, duodenal, grade, anterior, firm, glottal, marked.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective stricture:
formation, disease, strictures, tissue, dilation, dilatation, narrowing, type, urethra, annular, types, recurrence, due, causes, following, plasty, fig.

Consonant match to stricture:
structure.

Words that sound like stricture:
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