Stricture

Pathology, Surgery

Also known as: Stenosis

Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.

This article defines a stricture as an organic narrowing of a physiological orifice. It notes that the term largely overlaps with the concept of stenosis.

Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)

STRICTURE (from Latin stringo—I tighten), an organic narrowing of one or another physiological orifice (stricture of the urethra, larynx, etc.). Thus, the concept of stricture largely coincides with the concept of stenosis (see).

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“Stricture.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/stricture/