constrictio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

constrictĭo, ōnis, f. [constringo] (postclass.),

I a binding or drawing together , Pall. Mart. 1; Scrib. Comp. 84.—

II Esp., a binding, stopping of the bowels , Macr. S. 7, 6 al.