STRICTURE

stricture. Stricture, n. a contraction, portion, slight touch

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Stric″ture (?), n. [[L. strictura a contraction, from stringere, strictum, to draw tight: cf. F. stricture. See Strict.]] 1. 1. Strictness.
A man of stricture and firm abstinence. Shak. 2. 2. A stroke; a glance; a touch. Sir M. Hale.
3. 3. A touch of adverse criticism; censure.
given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of reflection on all and every passage. Hammond. 4. 4. (Med.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic. Arbuthnot.