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Related to constringent: constriction, astringent, constringed
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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