stricture
1. abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway • Syn: stenosis • Derivationally related forms: stenotic (for: stenosis) • Hypernyms: pathology • Hyponyms: aortic stenosis, enterostenosis, laryngostenosis, pulmonary stenosis, pyloric stenosis, rhinostenosis, mitral stenosis, mitral valve stenosis, ureterostenosis 2. severe criticism • Hypernyms: criticism, unfavorable judgment
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