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Definition of Constricting
1. Adjective. (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom.
Definition of Constricting
1. Verb. (present participle of constrict) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Constricting
1. constrict [v] - See also: constrict
Lexicographical Neighbors of Constricting
Literary usage of Constricting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"Although the body appears powerful enough, none of these snakes evinces the habit
of constricting the prey. A concise table, to assist in identification, ..."
2. A Treatise on Orthopedic Surgery by Royal Whitman (1917)
"These deformities must he treated on ordinary surgical principles.1 constricting
Bands.—Tightly constricting bands of scar-like tissue, accompanied by deep ..."
3. Lectures on appendicitis and notes on other subjects by Robert Tuttle Morris (1899)
"REDUCTION OF AN INVERTED UTERUS BY INCISING THE constricting RING INTRA-ABDOMINALLY.
A PATIENT, twenty-four years of age, had a complete inversion of the ..."
4. Diagnostic and therapeutic technic ; a manual of practical procedures by Albert Sidney Morrow (1911)
"Passive Hyperemia By Means of constricting Bands.—This is the oldest method of
producing an obstructive hyperemia. It is especially applicable to affections ..."
5. Gynecological Operations: Including Non-operative Treatment and Minor Gynecology by Henri Albert Charles Antoine Hartmann, Douglas William Sibbald (1913)
"Operations constricting or Closing the Vulva. Operations for the constriction of
the vulvar orifice are three : Infibulation, ..."
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