Associations to the word «Stricture»

Wiktionary

STRICTURE, noun. (usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action
STRICTURE, noun. A sternly critical remark or review
STRICTURE, noun. (medicine) abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body
STRICTURE, noun. (obsolete) strictness
STRICTURE, noun. (obsolete) a stroke; a glance; a touch
STRICTURE, noun. (linguistics) the degree of contact, in consonants

Dictionary definition

STRICTURE, noun. Abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway.
STRICTURE, noun. Severe criticism.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin