constringeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• 韻: -ɪndʒ

動詞

constringe (三人称単数 現在形 constringes, 現在分詞 constringing, 過去形および過去分詞形 constringed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To constrict; to tighten.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition I, section 1, member 2, subsection iv:

     The emulgent draw this superfluous moisture from the blood; the two ureters convey it to the bladder, which, by reason of his site in the lower belly, is apt to receive it, having two parts, neck and bottom: the bottom holds the water, the neck is constringed with a muscle, which, as a porter, keeps the water running out against our will.