Constrict

kon-strikt′, v.t. to pre together: to contract: to cramp.— p.adj. Constrict′ed , narrowed: cramped: ( bot. ) contracted or tightened, so as to be smaller in some parts than in others.— n. Constric′tion , a pre ing together: contraction: tightne .— adj. Constrict′ive .— n. Constrict′or , that which constricts or draws together: a large serpent which crushes its prey in its folds—the Boa-constrictor (q.v.). [L. con stringĕre , constrictum .]