astriction

Significado (Inglés)

1. The act of binding; restriction; obligation.
2. A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance.
3. (obsolete) constipation
4. (obsolete) astringency
5. An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. (The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.)

Conceptos

estreñimiento

astricción

Sinónimos

astringent

Etimología (Inglés)

Ultimately from Latin astrictio.