Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-STRIC'TION
CON-STRIC'TION, n.
A drawing together or contraction by means of some inherent power, or by spasm, as distinguished from compression, or the pressure of extraneous bodies; as, the constriction of a muscle or fiber. It may perhaps be sometimes used as synonymons with compression.
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