constringent

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con·stringe

(kən-strĭnj′)

tr.v. con·stringed, con·string·ing, con·string·es

To cause to contract; constrict.

[Latin cōnstringere, to compress; see constrain.]

con·strin′gen·cy n.

con·strin′gent adj.

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