Stricture
Encyclopedia
Stricture may refer to:
- esophageal strictureEsophageal strictureBenign esophageal stricture is a narrowing or tightening of the esophagus that causes swallowing difficulties.-Causes:It can be caused by or associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophagitis , dysfunctional lower esophageal sphincter, disordered motility, lye ingestion, or a hiatal hernia...
, in medicine - stenosisStenosisA stenosis is an abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure.It is also sometimes called a stricture ....
, in medicine - a feature of the PerlPerlPerl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular...
programming language - tenetTenetA tenet is one of the principles on which a belief or theory is based. Tenet may also refer to:* Tenet , a Canadian heavy metal band* Tenet Healthcare, a hospital holding company* Tenet people, an ethnic group in Sudan...
, in religion - degree of contact, in a consonant