stricture

Stricture is a related term of dictum.

As nouns the difference between stricture and dictum

is that stricture is (usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action while dictum is an authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.

Stricture is a related term of cramping.

As nouns the difference between stricture and cramping

is that stricture is (usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action while cramping is the action of something that cramps.

As a verb cramping is

.

Tightness is a related term of stricture.

As nouns the difference between tightness and stricture

is that tightness is the quality or degree of being tight while stricture is (usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action.

Stricture is a related term of choking.

As nouns the difference between stricture and choking

is that stricture is (usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action while choking is the process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.

As a verb choking is

.

Stricture is a related term of shrinking.

As nouns the difference between stricture and shrinking

is that stricture is (usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action while shrinking is the act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.

As a verb shrinking is

.

In medicine terms the difference between contraction and stricture

is that contraction is a distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together while stricture is abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body.

In linguistics terms the difference between contraction and stricture

is that contraction is a process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word while stricture is the degree of contact, in consonants.

As nouns the difference between contraction and stricture

is that contraction is a reversible reduction in size while stricture is a rule restricting behaviour or action.

Compression is a related term of stricture.

As nouns the difference between compression and stricture

is that compression is an increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction while stricture is (usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action.

As nouns the difference between stricture and striature

is that stricture is (usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action while striature is a stria, or stripe.

As nouns the difference between structure and stricture

is that structure is a cohesive whole built up of distinct parts while stricture is a rule restricting behaviour or action.

As a verb structure

is to give structure to; to arrange.

As an adjective strictured

is affected with a stricture.

As a noun stricture is

(usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action.