"constrictor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˈstɹɪk.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kənˈstɹɪk.tɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-constrictor.wav Forms: constrictors [plural], constrictores [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪktə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin cōnstrictor, or from constrict + -or. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la-new|cōnstrictor}} New Latin cōnstrictor, {{af|en|constrict|-or}} constrict + -or Head templates: {{en-noun|+|es}} constrictor (plural constrictors or constrictores)
  1. That which constricts or tightens:
    (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.
    Sense id: en-constrictor-en-noun-idBx0Spg Categories (other): Muscles, Snakes Disambiguation of Snakes: 16 39 46 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. That which constricts or tightens:
    (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.
    (anatomy) Ellipsis of pharyngeal constrictor (“each of the muscles which constrict the pharynx”).
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: pharyngeal constrictor (extra: each of the muscles which constrict the pharynx)
    Sense id: en-constrictor-en-noun-22NWXYK0 Categories (other): Muscles, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with con-, English terms suffixed with -or, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Snakes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 60 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with con-: 24 43 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 21 53 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 78 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 18 57 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 59 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 14 58 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 62 22 Disambiguation of Snakes: 16 39 46 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. That which constricts or tightens:
    Ellipsis of boa constrictor, either the species Boa constrictor or a similar snake that kills by constriction.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: boa constrictor, either the species Boa constrictor or a similar snake that kills by constriction
    Sense id: en-constrictor-en-noun-cYTojYF~ Categories (other): Snakes Disambiguation of Snakes: 16 39 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bronchoconstrictor, constrictor knot, vasoconstrictor Translations (that which constricts or tightens): constrictor (Catalan), kuristaja (Finnish), kiristäjä (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'that which constricts or tightens': 33 33 33

Inflected forms

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