Constricted
adjective
Narrowed, made smaller in size.
The airways often become constricted in people with asthma.
Often appears as...
- constricted airways
- constricted blood vessels
adjective
Limited, restricted.
The urban development led to a constricted habitat for the wildlife.
Often appears as...
- constricted habitat
- constricted resources
adjective
When a part of the body becomes narrower.
The doctor noticed that his patient's pupil was constricted.
Often appears as...
- constricted pupil
- constricted vein
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Narrowed, made smaller in size.
The airways often become constricted in people with asthma.
Often appears as...
- constricted airways
- constricted blood vessels
adjective
Limited, restricted.
The urban development led to a constricted habitat for the wildlife.
Often appears as...
- constricted habitat
- constricted resources
adjective
When a part of the body becomes narrower.
The doctor noticed that his patient's pupil was constricted.
Often appears as...
- constricted pupil
- constricted vein
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Restriction
Refers to actual space becoming smaller, not just a feeling.
The tunnel was constricted by the fallen debris.
Pro Tip 2/2No Human Action
Use when there's no direct person causing the narrowing.
The path constricted as she walked further into the forest.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Restriction
Refers to actual space becoming smaller, not just a feeling.
The tunnel was constricted by the fallen debris.
Pro Tip 2/2No Human Action
Use when there's no direct person causing the narrowing.
The path constricted as she walked further into the forest.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Restriction
Refers to actual space becoming smaller, not just a feeling.
The tunnel was constricted by the fallen debris.
Pro Tip 2/2No Human Action
Use when there's no direct person causing the narrowing.
The path constricted as she walked further into the forest.
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How a wound heals itself...
the previously constricted blood vessels now expand in a process called vasodilation. About two to three days after the wound, the proliferative stage occurs, when fibroblast cells begin to enter the wound. In the process of collagen deposition, they produce a fibrous protein called collagen in the wound site,
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What causes headaches? -...
cause burning, stabbing bursts of pain behind one eye, leading to a red eye, constricted pupil, and drooping eyelid. What can be done about these conditions, which dramatically affect many people’s quality of life? Tension headaches and most secondary cases
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How do ventilators work?...
But mechanical ventilators take over the process, getting oxygen into the body when the respiratory system cannot. These machines can bypass constricted airways, and deliver highly oxygenated air to help damaged lungs diffuse more oxygen.
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How My Mind Came Back to...
I don't know if it's truly possible to express in words what it's like not to be able to communicate. Your personality appears to vanish into a heavy fog and all of your emotions and desires are constricted, stifled and muted within you.
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See How Easily a Rat Can...
take a look at this rats attempt to get to the other side of the tiny hole if a rat can fit its head through an opening the rest is easy because of its internal acrobatics when squeezing through a constricted space the pressure causes
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How does asthma work? -...
using a liquid mist or fine powder to treat the problem at its source. They come in two forms. There are reliever medications, which treat symptoms immediately and contain beta-agonists. Beta-agonists relax constricted muslces,
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How vulnerability makes...
so that I wouldn't be judged or treated differently. I was so constricted by my belief that businesses value maleness more. And it made me afraid to be a woman, which meant I hid a massive part of who I was from everyone.
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How your emotions change...
resulted in an unmitigated physiological response, in which blood vessels constricted to such a degree that blood volume acutely dropped, blood pressure plummeted, the heart acutely weakened,
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A lesson in classical...
let's listen to two clips the first has a constricted wrist the sound is constricted and there's not much distinction between the melody and the rest of the notes then we'll listen to
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The myth of bringing...
The work was riveting. So I opted outside of my usual guardedness. I stopped hiding my opinions. I worried less about those constricted norms of how I should express myself.
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How a wound heals itself...
the previously constricted blood vessels now expand in a process called vasodilation. About two to three days after the wound, the proliferative stage occurs, when fibroblast cells begin to enter the wound. In the process of collagen deposition, they produce a fibrous protein called collagen in the wound site,
Video examples
What causes headaches? -...
cause burning, stabbing bursts of pain behind one eye, leading to a red eye, constricted pupil, and drooping eyelid. What can be done about these conditions, which dramatically affect many people’s quality of life? Tension headaches and most secondary cases
Video examples
How do ventilators work?...
But mechanical ventilators take over the process, getting oxygen into the body when the respiratory system cannot. These machines can bypass constricted airways, and deliver highly oxygenated air to help damaged lungs diffuse more oxygen.
Video examples
How My Mind Came Back to...
I don't know if it's truly possible to express in words what it's like not to be able to communicate. Your personality appears to vanish into a heavy fog and all of your emotions and desires are constricted, stifled and muted within you.
Video examples
See How Easily a Rat Can...
take a look at this rats attempt to get to the other side of the tiny hole if a rat can fit its head through an opening the rest is easy because of its internal acrobatics when squeezing through a constricted space the pressure causes
Video examples
How does asthma work? -...
using a liquid mist or fine powder to treat the problem at its source. They come in two forms. There are reliever medications, which treat symptoms immediately and contain beta-agonists. Beta-agonists relax constricted muslces,
Video examples
How vulnerability makes...
so that I wouldn't be judged or treated differently. I was so constricted by my belief that businesses value maleness more. And it made me afraid to be a woman, which meant I hid a massive part of who I was from everyone.
Video examples
How your emotions change...
resulted in an unmitigated physiological response, in which blood vessels constricted to such a degree that blood volume acutely dropped, blood pressure plummeted, the heart acutely weakened,
Video examples
A lesson in classical...
let's listen to two clips the first has a constricted wrist the sound is constricted and there's not much distinction between the melody and the rest of the notes then we'll listen to
Video examples
The myth of bringing...
The work was riveting. So I opted outside of my usual guardedness. I stopped hiding my opinions. I worried less about those constricted norms of how I should express myself.
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Dean Potter
American Athlete
Often in normal life I'm just constricted to what I see, maybe, and hear. But when I climb and when I'm out in the wild, other senses come to me and Delicate Arch was a free solo climb, which means I didn't have any protection and often, when I put myself in these situations, it brings out this heightened awareness which I crave so much.
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Julia Child
American Chef
Because of media hype and woefully inadequate information, too many people nowadays are deathly afraid of their food, and what does fear of food do to the digestive system? I am sure that an unhappy or suspicious stomach, constricted and uneasy with worry, cannot digest properly.
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Carlton Cuse
American Producer
One of the things that's, I think, hard in television is that there's a certain sameness to a lot of television because you're working in a very constricted box, and the box is defined by the amount of money you have to spend and the amount of time you have to get ready.
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Martin Rees
British Scientist
Not even the most secular among us can fail to be uplifted by Christianity's architectural legacy - the great cathedrals. These immense and glorious buildings were erected in an era of constricted horizons, both in time and in space.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
I don't ask other actors questions. I think that's too intrusive. I just watch. I don't want to be constricted to an idea of what acting is by anyone else. I want to take my own education.
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William Scott
British Artist
I feel constricted if I become too much aware of the act of making. Liberty is lost and instead of an instinctual lyrical expression the whole thing becomes arid.
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Lou Reed
American Musician
I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass. Maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live a very constricted life. Or maybe it is.
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Morgan Neville
American Producer
When you come from a place and an identity, you can feel constricted and have to get away. But then you realise how much a part of you it is.
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Bono
Irish Singer
God's Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm. I love that.
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Travis Scott
American Rapper
I feel like everyone just gets constricted by their parents or, just, life.
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Dean Potter
American Athlete
Often in normal life I'm just constricted to what I see, maybe, and hear. But when I climb and when I'm out in the wild, other senses come to me and Delicate Arch was a free solo climb, which means I didn't have any protection and often, when I put myself in these situations, it brings out this heightened awareness which I crave so much.
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Julia Child
American Chef
Because of media hype and woefully inadequate information, too many people nowadays are deathly afraid of their food, and what does fear of food do to the digestive system? I am sure that an unhappy or suspicious stomach, constricted and uneasy with worry, cannot digest properly.
Quote examples
Carlton Cuse
American Producer
One of the things that's, I think, hard in television is that there's a certain sameness to a lot of television because you're working in a very constricted box, and the box is defined by the amount of money you have to spend and the amount of time you have to get ready.
Quote examples
Martin Rees
British Scientist
Not even the most secular among us can fail to be uplifted by Christianity's architectural legacy - the great cathedrals. These immense and glorious buildings were erected in an era of constricted horizons, both in time and in space.
Quote examples
Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
I don't ask other actors questions. I think that's too intrusive. I just watch. I don't want to be constricted to an idea of what acting is by anyone else. I want to take my own education.
Quote examples
William Scott
British Artist
I feel constricted if I become too much aware of the act of making. Liberty is lost and instead of an instinctual lyrical expression the whole thing becomes arid.
Quote examples
Lou Reed
American Musician
I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass. Maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live a very constricted life. Or maybe it is.
Quote examples
Morgan Neville
American Producer
When you come from a place and an identity, you can feel constricted and have to get away. But then you realise how much a part of you it is.
Quote examples
Bono
Irish Singer
God's Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm. I love that.
Quote examples
Travis Scott
American Rapper
I feel like everyone just gets constricted by their parents or, just, life.
Example 1 of 10
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