stricture

1 abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway [syn: stenosis]

2 severe criticism

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪktʃə(r)

Noun

1. In the context of "usually in plural": A rule restricting behaviour or action.

   For them, parity is less an ultimate goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow.

2. A sternly critical remark or review.
3. Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body.

Related terms

• constriction

Stricture may refer to:

• stenosis, in medicine
• A feature of the Perl programming language
• tenet, in religion

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