CONSTRICTOR
\kənstɹˈɪktə], \kənstɹˈɪktə], \k_ə_n_s_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_t_ə]\
Definitions of CONSTRICTOR
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- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
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A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.
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From constringere, (con, and stringere, strictum,) to bind. (F.) Constricteur. That which binds in a circular direction. A sphincter. Different muscles are so called.
By Robley Dunglison
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Anything that exerts constriction, especially a constricting muscle. See table of muscles. [Lat.]
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