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Constrictive

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. That constricts, or is accompanied by constriction

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Serving or tending to bind or constrict.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Tending to constrict, contract, or compress.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom

adj. restricting the scope or freedom of action

Word Usage

"Analysis of biopsied lung tissue taken from the soldiers, who all served in Iraq or Afghanistan, showed that 38 had an unusual thickening of the small lung airways that restricted air flow, a condition known as constrictive bronchiolitis."

Equivalent

narrow restrictive

Form

constrictive pericarditis

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