STRICTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stricture mean? 

• STRICTURE (noun)
  The noun STRICTURE has 2 senses:

1. abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway

2. severe criticism

  Familiarity information: STRICTURE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRICTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

stenosis; stricture

Hypernyms ("stricture" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stricture"):

aortic stenosis (abnormal narrowing of the aortic valve)

enterostenosis (abnormal narrowing of the intestine)

laryngostenosis (abnormal narrowing of the larynx)

pulmonary stenosis (abnormal narrowing of the opening into the pulmonary artery from the right ventricle)

pyloric stenosis (narrowing of the pyloric sphincter that blocks the passage of food from the stomach into the duodenum)

rhinostenosis (narrowing of the passages in the nasal cavities)

mitral stenosis; mitral valve stenosis (obstruction or narrowing of the mitral valve (as by scarring from rheumatic fever))

ureterostenosis (stenosis of the ureter)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Severe criticism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("stricture" is a kind of...):

criticism; unfavorable judgment (disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings)

 Context examples 

What would I give to hear your strictures on them!

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Narrowing or stricture of the bile duct.

(Bile Duct Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Narrowing or stricture of the bladder neck.

(Bladder Neck Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgical placement of a plastic or metal tube into the bile duct to treat bile duct stricture.

(Biliary Stenting, NCI Thesaurus)

We had been having a heated discussion,—upon life, of course,—and, grown over-bold, I was passing stiff strictures upon Wolf Larsen and the life of Wolf Larsen.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Stricture of the esophagus.

(Esophageal Stricture, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)