constriction

constrict | American Dictionary

constrict
verb[ I/T ]
us/kənˈstrɪkt/
to make or become tighter and narrower:
[ T ]Bright sunlight constricts the pupil of the eye.

constriction

noun[ C ]us/kənˈstrɪk·ʃən/

Examples of constrict

constrict
This appendage probably represents the still constricted portion of the egg after it passed through the ovipositor.
The power of anticommunism to unify antagonists had definite and rather constricted limits.
Lastly, if model and archetype might no longer constrict and dominate, they still can be seen as continuing and inspiring stimuli.
And the market for finished goods was narrowly constricted by serfdom.
The main renal arteries were constricted at two hours, and at 18 hours the renal arterioles were also constricted.
In each of these subareas, there are immensely challenging physical laws that constrict and restrain what engineers can achieve in their mediums.
In this scenario, they anticipated that in middle age the time available for physical activity would be constricted but still available at weekends.
When capacity fades and autonomy is constricted : a clientcentered approach to residential care.
As such, they raise the intrahepatic resistance to blood flow by constricting the sinusoids and contracting the whole cirrhotic liver.
In some cases, the larvae could not completely exit due to the constricted opening and eventually died.
All too often, preparation and fieldwork take longer than expected and the analysis phase is constricted.
In this study early embryos were partially constricted such that only one-half of the embryo had a nucleus.
The glottis cannot be simultaneously constricted and spread, presumably a universal physiologically based restriction.
Adjacent pinnules are narrowly confluent at the base, or in some cases somewhat constricted in the lower part.
Their moral imagination was constricted, their sympathies limited.
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