stricture
Binding rule imposed
A stricture is a restriction or limitation, especially one imposed by rules or circumstances: The strictures of academic publishing frustrated her.
The word often implies constraints felt as confining or oppressive.
In medicine, a stricture is an abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body, such as the esophagus or urethra.
Bound on extent
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- banOfficial restriction on something
control · curtailment · proscription · interdiction · embargo · rule · boundary · restraint
Abnormal bodily narrowing
- narrowingReduction in width
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- blockageObstruction halting movement
- esophagealOf the swallowing passage
urethral · intestinal · arterial · sphincter · dilation · stent · fibrosis · scarring
Formal institutional disapproval
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- denunciationFormal public accusation
admonishment · reprimand · castigation · reproof · objection · complaint · animadversion · disapproval
limitation
Bound on extent
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
ban · control · curtailment · proscription · interdiction · embargo · rule · boundary · restraint · inhibition
stenosis
Abnormal bodily narrowing
- narrowingReduction in width
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- blockageObstruction halting movement
esophageal · urethral · intestinal · arterial · sphincter · dilation · stent · fibrosis · scarring · inflammation
censure
Formal institutional disapproval
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- reproachExpression of disappointment
denunciation · admonishment · reprimand · castigation · reproof · objection · complaint · animadversion · disapproval · faultfinding
precept
Rule governing behavior
- commandmentAuthoritative rule to obey
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- dictateGive orders imperiously
mandate · edict · decree · ordinance · canon · tenet · doctrine · principle · code · standard
- blockagesblockage, dam, clog, congestion, drain clog
- GI disordersCrohn's disease, gastroenteritis, IBS, GERD, ulcerative colitis
- gut problemsappendicitis, constipation, diarrhea, IBS, acid reflux
- narrowingsnarrowing, stenosis, bottleneck, chokepoint, isthmus
- Narrownesstightness, slenderness, compression, squeeze, bottleneck
- pathologycancer, disease, infection, tumor, lesion
stricturepraise
Expression of approval
commendation · compliment · accolade · endorsement · tribute
stricturefreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · latitude · license · permission · free rein
stricturedilation
Widening of an opening
enlargement · widening · dilatation · expansion · opening