constrictor
About 0.36 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun That which constricts or tightens: A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.
- noun A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.
- noun Ellipsis of pharyngeal constrictor (“each of the muscles which constrict the pharynx”).
- noun Ellipsis of boa constrictor, either the species Boa constrictor or a similar snake that kills by constriction.
Similar words
boa gorged noose coluber cramp constriction confiner squeeze constraining angustation
Often followed by
muscle muscles of and fibres is effect nerves pharyngis
Word family
constrictors
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