Hypertext Webster Gateway: "constricted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Constrict \Con*strict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Constricted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Constricting}.] [L. constrictus, p. p. of
constringere. See {Constrain}.]
To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to
cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
Such things as constrict the fibers. --Arbuthnot.
Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their
contraction serves to constrict. --Todd &
Bowman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Constricted \Con*strict"ed\, a.
1. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.
2. (Bot.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in
certain places or parts than in others.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
constricted
adj 1: (phonetics) especially tense; especially in some dialects
2: drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension
psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a
constricted view of life" [ant: {unconstricted}]
3: inhibited; "when modern man feels socially constricted his
first impulse is to move"
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