English-Thai Dictionary

constriction

N การ หดตัว  contraction restriction kan-hod-tua

 

constriction

N ความรู้สึก แน่นหน้าอก  kwam-ru-suek-naen-na-ok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONSTRICTION

n.A drawing together or contraction by means of some inherent power, or by spasm, as distinguished from compression, or the pressure of extraneous bodies; as the constriction of a muscle or fiber. It may perhaps be sometimes used as synonymous with compression.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONSTRICTION

Con *stric "tion, n. Etym: [L. constrictio: cf. F. constriction. ]

 

1. The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.

 

2. The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding. A constriction of the parts inservient to speech. Grew.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

constriction

con stric tion |kənˈstrikSHən kənˈstrɪkʃn | ▶noun the action of making something narrower by pressure or of becoming narrower; tightening: asthma is a constriction of the airways. • a place where something has become tighter or narrower; an obstruction: flow was impeded at bends and constrictions.

 

Oxford Dictionary

constriction

con |stric ¦tion |kənˈstrɪkʃn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of making something narrower by pressure or of becoming narrower; tightening: asthma is a constriction of the airways. • [ count noun ] a place where something has become tighter or narrower; an obstruction: flow was impeded at bends and constrictions.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

constriction

constriction noun there was a constriction in her throat: tightness, pressure, compression, contraction, cramp; obstruction, blockage, impediment; Medicine stricture, stenosis.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

constriction

constriction noun there was a constriction in her throat: tightening, narrowing, shrinking, squeezing; tightness, pressure, compression, contraction, cramp; obstruction, blockage, impediment, congestion; choking, strangulation; Medicine stricture, stenosis; archaic straitening.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

constriction

con str í c tion 名詞 1 U 締め付け ; 詰まらせること ; 収縮 ; 圧迫 .2 C 締め付けるもの ; 圧迫感 .