CONSTRICTION

constriction

(noun) the action or process of compressing

constriction, tightness

(noun) a tight feeling in some part of the body; “he felt a constriction in her chest”; “she felt an alarming tightness in her chest”; “emotion caused a constriction of his throat”

constriction, coarctation

(noun) tight or narrow compression

constriction, bottleneck, chokepoint

(noun) a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

constriction (countable and uncountable, plural constrictions)

The act of constricting, the state of being constricted, or something that constricts.

A narrow part of something; a stricture.

A compression.

Source: Wiktionary

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Con*stric"tion, n. Etym: [L. constrictio: cf. F. constriction.]

1. The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.

2. The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding. A constriction of the parts inservient to speech. Grew.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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