CONSTRICTIVE
Con*strict"ive, a.
Defn: Serving or tending to bind or constrict.
CONSTRICTOR
Con*strict"or, n.
1. That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.
CONSTRINGE
Con*stringe", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constringed; p.pr. & vb.n.
Constringing.] Etym: [L. constringere. See onstrain.]
Defn: To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink. [R.] Strong liquors . . . intoxicate, constringe, harden the fibers, and coagulate the fluids. Arbuthnot.