constrictor.
That which constricts or tightens:
Meaning & usage
That which constricts or tightens: A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.
That which constricts or tightens: A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ. Ellipsis of pharyngeal constrictor (“each of the muscles which constrict the pharynx”).
That which constricts or tightens: Ellipsis of boa constrictor, either the species Boa constrictor or a similar snake that kills by constriction.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin cōnstringō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor New Latin cōnstrictorbor. ▲ Latin cōnstringō Latin cōnstrictusbor. English constrict ▲ Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English constrictor Borrowed from New Latin cōnstrictor, or from constrict + -or.
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