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noun
That which constricts or tightens:
A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
That which constricts or tightens:
A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.
Ellipsis of pharyngeal constrictor (“each of the muscles which constrict the pharynx”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
That which constricts or tightens:
Ellipsis of boa constrictor, either the species Boa constrictor or a similar snake that kills by constriction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: snake, serpent, ophidian
Narrower terms: boa
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengh- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngheti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin cōnstringō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor New Latin cōnstrictorbor. ▲ Latin cōnstringō Latin cōnstrictusbor. English constrict ▲ Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English constrictor Borrowed from New Latin cōnstrictor, or from constrict + -or.
Across languages
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