English-Thai Dictionary

stricture

N การ จำกัด  การ บังคับ  การ ควบคุม  limit restriction kan-jam-kad

 

stricture

N การ ตำหนิ อย่างรุนแรง  การ วิจารณ์ อย่างรุนแรง  blame censure criticism kan-tam-ni-yang-ruan-rang

 

stricture

N การ ตีบตัน  การ ตีบ ของ อวัยวะ  stenosis kan-tib-tan

 

strictured

A เกี่ยวกับ การกล่าวหา ตำหนิ  เกี่ยวกับ การ หดตัว หรือ ตีบ ตัว 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STRICTURE

n.[L. See Strike and Stroke. ] 1. A stroke; a glance; a touch.
2. A touch of criticism; critical remark; censure.
I have given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of reflection, on every passage.
3. A drawing; a spasmodic or other morbid contraction of any passage of the body.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STRICTURE

Stric "ture, n. Etym: [L. strictura a contraction, from stringere,strictum, to draw tight: cf. F. stricture. See Strict. ]

 

1. Strictness. [Obs. ] A man of stricture and firm abstinence. Shak.

 

2. A stroke; a glance; a touch. [Obs. ] Sir M. Hale.

 

3. A touch of adverse criticism; censure. [I have ] given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of reflection on all and every passage. Hammond.

 

4. (Med. )

 

Defn: A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic. Arbuthnot.

 

STRICTURED

STRICTURED Stric "tured, a. (Med. )

 

Defn: Affected with a stricture; as, a strictured duct.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

stricture

stric ture |ˈstrikCHər ˈstrɪk (t )ʃər | ▶noun 1 a restriction on a person or activity: religious strictures on everyday life. 2 a sternly critical or censorious remark or instruction: his strictures on their lack of civic virtue. 3 Medicine abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body: a colonic stricture | jaundice caused by bile duct stricture. DERIVATIVES stric tured adjective ORIGIN late Middle English ( sense 3 ): from Latin strictura, from stringere ‘draw tight ’ (see strict ). Another sense of the Latin verb, ‘touch lightly, ’ gave rise to sense 2 via an earlier meaning ‘incidental remark. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

stricture

stricture |ˈstrɪktʃə | ▶noun 1 a restriction on a person or activity: the strictures imposed by the British Board of Film Censors. 2 a sternly critical or censorious remark or instruction: his strictures on their lack of civic virtue. 3 Medicine abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body: a colonic stricture | [ mass noun ] : jaundice caused by bile duct stricture. DERIVATIVES strictured adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 3 ): from Latin strictura, from stringere ‘draw tight ’ (see strict ). Another sense of the Latin verb, ‘touch lightly ’, gave rise to sense 2 via an earlier meaning ‘incidental remark ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

stricture

stricture noun 1 the constant strictures of the nuns: criticism, censure, condemnation, reproof, reproach, admonishment, animadversion. ANTONYMS praise. 2 the strictures on Victorian women: constraint, restriction, limitation, restraint, curb, impediment, barrier, obstacle. ANTONYMS freedom. 3 an intestinal stricture: narrowing, constriction.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

stricture

stricture noun 1 guilt was induced by the constant strictures of the nuns: criticism, censure, blame, condemnation, reproof, reproach, admonishment, disparagement, flak; informal knocking; Brit. informal stick, slating. ANTONYMS praise. 2 the strictures on Victorian women: constraint, restriction, limitation, control, restraint, straitjacket, curb, check, impediment, bar, barrier, obstacle. ANTONYMS freedom. 3 a small intestinal stricture: narrowing, constriction, strangulation, tightness. ANTONYMS dilatation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

stricture

stric ture /strɪ́ktʃə r /名詞 C 1 ｟かたく ｠〖しばしば ～s 〗 «…に対する » 酷評, 非難 «on , upon » ▸ pass strictures on A A 〈人 〉を非難する 2 〘医 〙狭窄 （さく ）.3 ｟かたく ｠制限, 拘束 (restriction ).