Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Constrict

Constrict , transitive verb

[Latin constrictus, past participle of constringere. See Constrain.]

To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
Such things as constrict the fibers. — Arbuthnot
Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction serves to constrict. — Todd & Bowman