Definition of Constrictive

1. Adjective. (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom.

Exact synonyms: Constricting, Narrowing
Similar to: Narrow

2. Adjective. Restricting the scope or freedom of action.
Exact synonyms: Confining, Constraining, Limiting, Restricting
Similar to: Restrictive

Definition of Constrictive

1. a. Serving or tending to bind or constrict.

Definition of Constrictive

1. Adjective. That constricts, or is accompanied by constriction ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Constrictive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Constrictive

constrainest
constraineth
constraining
constrains
constraint
constraintive
constraints
constrict
constricted
constricteth
constricting
constriction
constriction ring
constrictions
constrictions of ureter
constrictive
constrictive bronchiolitis
constrictive endocarditis
constrictive pericarditis
constrictor
constrictors
constricts
constringe
constringed
constringent
constringes
constringing
construable
construal
construals

Literary usage of Constrictive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Primer of Materia Medica for Practitioners of Homoeopathy by Timothy Field Allen (1891)
"General sore throat with a constrictive sensation: frequent efforts to swallow. (Occasionally indicated in diphtheria with a low type of delirium, ..."

2. Characteristics of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica by Melford Eugene Douglass (1900)
"Constrictive pain around the neck, as from tight string. Extremities.—Pains in the right shoulder, as from a blow; also in right knee. Skin. ..."

3. A Text-book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1885)
"We might apeak of constrictive impulses as passing from the central nervous system to the various vascular areas, to such an extent as to constitute normal ..."

4. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1854)
"possible combination of these changes. In the ordinary cases of mitral murmur we cannot say whether the murmur is " constrictive " or " regurgitant ..."

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