preconstriction

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noun

constriction prior to some other process

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounpreconstriction (plural preconstrictions)

plural preconstrictions

  1. constriction prior to some other process
    1 more example

    After washing, endothelium-denuded rings were used to determine the vasoconstrictive response to norepinephrine (NE, 10 −11 –10 −4 moles/liter) and to evaluate the endothelium-independent relaxation to the NO donor sodium nitroprussiate (SNP, 10 −11 –10 −4 moles/liter) after preconstriction with PE 10 −6 moles/liter.

    2016 January 14, “Endothelial Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Mechanistic Insights and Correlation with Circulating Markers of Systemic Inflammation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  11. Proto-Italic*kom
  12. Proto-Italic*kom-
  13. Latincōn-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*streyg-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*strinégti
  16. Proto-Italic*stringō
  17. Proto-Indo-European*strengʰ-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*stréngʰeti
  19. Proto-Italic*strengō
  20. Latinstringō
  21. Latincōnstringō
  22. Late Latincōnstrictiō
  23. Englishconstriction
  24. Englishpreconstriction

From pre- + constriction.

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Cite this entry
APA

preconstriction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preconstriction

MLA

“preconstriction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preconstriction. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preconstriction,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preconstriction.

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