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stricture

UK/ˈstɹɪkt͡ʃəː/US/ˈstɹɪkt͡ʃɚ/
nounC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,877 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: strictures

A stricture is a severe criticism, or a rule that restricts. Strictures on his conduct, the strictures of the law, moral strictures.

It is usually plural, and the two senses run together, since a stricture criticises by drawing a line. In medicine it means a narrowing of a tube in the body, which is the plainest use of the root.

Definitions of stricture

  1. 1nounstrictureA severe criticism, or a restriction.C2

    “The report contained a stricture on the way the accounts were kept.”

stricture is a criticism.

Where it comes from

Latin strictura comes from stringere, to draw tight, which also gives strict and constrict.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *streyg-

  2. Latin

    strictūra

  3. English, today

    stricture

Latin strictūra, from Latin strictus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

stricture in the wild

  • A urethral stricture is a narrowing of the urethra, the tube connected to the bladder that allows urination.

    Urethral stricture

  • Urethrotomy (also referred to as DVIU, or Direct Visual Internal Urethrotomy) is a popular treatment for male urethral strictures.

    Urethrotomy

  • Salivary duct stricture (also termed salivary duct stenosis) is narrowing of the duct of a major salivary gland.

    Salivary duct stricture

  • Ureteric stricture (ureteral stricture) is the pathological narrowing of the ureter which may lead to serious complications such as kidney failure.

    Ureteric stricture

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.