The constriction of the cast made it difficult for Ethan to move his arm. From LearnThat.org.
He felt a constriction in her chest. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Emotion caused a constriction of his throat. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Colic is defined as the constriction of a tube within the body. From Wordnik.com. [eHow - Health How To's] Reference
The constriction is a pregnant pause, a signaling moment, to let you know the time is ... now!. From Wordnik.com. [Stacey Lawson: A Dialogue With Myself] Reference
His voice sounded oddly gruff, as though there was some kind of constriction in his throat. From Wordnik.com. [A Cure For Love]
I remember taking a tour of Paris and the very elegant female tour guide kept refering to the "constriction" of certain landmarks. From Wordnik.com. [Like taking your yearbook picture with spinach in your teeth] Reference
Advair inhalers do work well for airway constriction which is the result of the tightening of the muscles around the airways of your lungs. From Wordnik.com. [Shaister Miester Do Da] Reference
This constriction of the larynx is called the glottis. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Thayer with a cold shudder, a constriction of the heart. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
The constriction of an important artery or vein, which may be caused by. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
We could not speak from the constriction, till we found a little puddle under a stone. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
The crural hernia is much more liable to suffer constriction than the inguinal hernia. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
She started squeezing her hands as if her trapped words might be freed through constriction. From Wordnik.com. [Unspoken Bonds] Reference
Thread or wire for constriction of blood vessels or for removing tumors by strangulation. lithotomy. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The mature sporogonium consists of a wide foot separated by a constriction from the globular capsule (B). From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
If in this stage of the hernia it should suffer constriction, Gimbernat's ligament, 8, is the cause of it. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The neck of the sac may, indeed, be supposed always to suffer more or less constriction at the crural ring. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Clypeate constriction: applied when a surface is drawn in from the sides so as to produce a shield or saddle-like form. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
This first sense of pain lay in a rigorous constriction of the breast and lungs, and an insufferable dryness of the skin. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
A feeling of constriction and of suffocation accompanies the pain, although there is seldom actual difficulty in breathing. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
But it is to be presumed that the sac and contained intestine suffer constriction throughout the whole length of the canal. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The constriction of any part of the body by tight bands, and the hanging of the clothes from the hips, are highly injurious. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
Often, we conclude a meal with a cold ice cream dessert which further compounds the constriction and cools the ingested food. From Wordnik.com. [Sat Hon: The Tao of Food: What Not to Eat] Reference
The compatability of stock and scion is yet to be worked out and any constriction at the union may alter the fruiting habits. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
Before disconnecting the apparatus, seal the glass tube from the culture vessel at the constriction, using the blowpipe flame. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Atrachelia: Coleoptera in which there is no visible constriction between head and prothorax: Rhynchophora and some Heteromera. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Most athletes suffering from IE see constriction in their exterior artery, but he had it in both the exterior and common iliac. From Wordnik.com. [Blood flow condition forces Kelly Benefit Strategies’ Ian MacGregor to retire from bike racing] Reference
It didn't seem like biting -- more like the strong, hard grip of a vice than any thing else -- puncture quite lost in constriction. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
(If using a pipette with a constriction below the plugged mouthpiece (Fig 13b), this portion of the pipette may also be sealed in the flame.). From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Acrid, metallic taste, constriction and burning in throat and stomach, nausea, vomiting of stringy mucus tinged with blood, tenesmus, purging. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
Dysphagia, sense of constriction in throat, intense thirst, cramps, faintness, profound depression; in fatal cases, giddiness and tetanic spasms. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
If the constriction of the hernia be caused by the external ring, a director is to be inserted beneath this part, and a few of its fibres divided. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
There was a constriction in their throats and their hands gripped their rifles until it seemed as if their fingers would bury themselves in the stocks. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference
The constriction came from an arm around his neck, but he couldn't see to whom it belonged, and there was no place to move aside in the corner of the egg. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
It was not unusual to hear prate of the vast benefits derived from the blockade; of the energy, resource and production, expressed under its cruel constriction!. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
While these tracings were taken an incident occurred which demonstrated that abdominal constriction could modify the movements of the thorax during respiration. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
With each throw, one of the false orderlies dropped to the floor, clutching at a neck where the skin showed marks of constriction as if a steel cord were tightening. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
He divided diseases into two classes, acute and chronic, or, more in conformity with the terminology of the Methodici, those of constriction and those of relaxation. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
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