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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Constriction \Con*stric"tion\, n. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: constriction n 1: a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel [syn: {bottleneck}] 2: the action or process of constricting or squeezing
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