CONSTRICTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does constricted mean? 

• CONSTRICTED (adjective)
  The adjective CONSTRICTED has 2 senses:

1. especially tense; especially in some dialects

2. drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically

  Familiarity information: CONSTRICTED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONSTRICTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Especially tense; especially in some dialects

Similar:

tense (pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in 'beat'))

Domain category:

phonetics (the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically

Context example:

a constricted view of life

Similar:

narrowed (made narrow; limited in breadth)

pinched (as if squeezed uncomfortably tight)

stenosed; stenotic (abnormally constricted body canal or passage)

Antonym:

unconstricted (not constricted physically or by extension psychologically)

 Context examples 

And then a spasm constricted her mouth for an instant: as it passed away she turned and left the room, and so did I. Neither of us had dropt a tear.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Administration of a drug within a portion of a tooth which is covered by enamel and which is separated from the roots by a slightly constricted region known as the neck.

(Intracoronal Dental Route of Administration, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)

Acute or chronic inflammation of the iris and ciliary body characterized by exudates into the anterior chamber, discoloration of the iris, and constricted, sluggish pupil.

(Iridocyclitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A condition in which one side of the face is flushed, does not produce sweat, and has a constricted pupil and drooping eyelid.

(Horner syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

The short, constricted portion of the thigh bone between the femur head and the trochanter.

(Femoral Neck, NCI Thesaurus)

The clear constricted portion of the chromosome at which the chromatids are joined and by which the chromosome is attached to the spindle during cell division.

(Centromere, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A technique to stretch or open a blocked or constricted portion of the esophagus.

(Esophageal Dilation, NCI Thesaurus)