- the act of constricting.
- the state of being constricted; tightness or inward pressure.
- a constricted part.
- something that constricts.
- an articulated narrowing of the vocal tract that in consonants audibly obstructs the flow of air and in vowels defines an interconnection between or among resonance cavities.
- a feeling of tightness in some part of the body, such as the chest
- the act of constricting or condition of being constricted
- something that is constricted
- a localized narrow region of a chromosome, esp at the centromere
