constriction

Examples of constricting

constricting

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

As such, they raise the intrahepatic resistance to blood flow by constricting the sinusoids and contracting the whole cirrhotic liver.
We were not interested in thus constricting the terms of reference.
Rather, regimes were forced to seek alternative methods of constricting the transitions while formally adhering to nominal characteristics of democratic systems.
Different kinds of subjects will possess different properties and degrees of properties which will render these subjects more or less constricting bounds of existence.
Stevens (1987) suggests that lianas impact host canopies by constricting growing twigs and branches and reducing fecundity.
Shaded circles indicate pulmonary vascular resistance, and resistance while either constricting, or else having unshaded circles indicate mean pulmonary arterial pressure.
The glottal articulation in such segments results in a build-up of air pressure, usually a function of raising the sealed larynx and constricting the pharyngeal walls.
Valve 6 is normally associated with strong constriction, and usually functions as an added enhancement to other constricting valves.
This constricting view of computer networking can pervade the management of computer facilities within an organisation - limiting its possibilities and even serving as a means of oppression.
Endothelin is a potent endothelial derived constricting factor.
Secondly, and further constricting the policy goal, tackling health inequality does not extend to bringing levels of health in the poorest groups closer to the national average.
Housing conditions, too, were constricting.
Once established, the vision is rapidly lost and treatment is aimed at constricting the pupil and correcting the fundamental abnormality or at providing an alternative drainage route.
These are therefore articulated as voiced rather than voiceless unless some contrary gesture intervenes, such as spreading apart or tightly constricting the vocal folds so as to inhibit their vibration.
One could go to the trade unions and point out that the old days of a constricting market were over.
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