Dictionary

constrictor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /kənˈstɹɪk.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kənˈstɹɪk.tɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. That which constricts or tightens: ▸ A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) 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”).
   alt of pharyngeal constrictor
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) That which constricts or tightens: ▸ Ellipsis of boa constrictor, either the species Boa constrictor or a similar snake that kills by constriction.
   alt of boa constrictor
   alt of either the species Boa constrictor or a similar snake that kills by constriction

Forms

Deriveds

vasoconstrictor · bronchoconstrictor · constrictor knot

Translations (3)

ca constrictor (that which constricts or tightens) · fi kiristäjä (that which constricts or tightens) · fi kuristaja (that which constricts or tightens)