| slovo | definícia |
constrictor
(encz) | constrictor,had škrtič Zdeněk Brož |
constrictor
(encz) | constrictor,sval svěrač Zdeněk Brož |
constrictor
(encz) | constrictor,škrtič n: Zdeněk Brož |
Constrictor
(gcide) | Constrictor \Con*strict"or\, n.
1. That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
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2. (Anat.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or
which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
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3. (Zool.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and
crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.
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constrictor
(wn) | constrictor
n 1: any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their
prey by crushing it in its coils |
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boa constrictor
(encz) | boa constrictor,hroznýš královský n: Petr Prášek |
vasoconstrictor
(encz) | vasoconstrictor, n: |
Bascanium constrictor
(gcide) | Black snake \Black" snake`\ (sn[=a]k) or Blacksnake
\Black"snake\, n. (Zool.)
A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in
the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer,
sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis,
seven or eight feet long.
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Note: The name is also applied to various other black
serpents, as Natrix atra of Jamaica.
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Boa constrictor
(gcide) | Boa constrictor \Bo"a con*strict"or\ [NL. See Boa, and
Constrictor.] (Zool.)
A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes
twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Note: It has a succession of spots, alternately black and
yellow, extending along the back. It kills its prey by
constriction. The name is also loosely applied to other
large serpents which crush their prey, particularly to
those of the genus Python, found in Asia and Africa.
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Constrictor
(gcide) | Constrictor \Con*strict"or\, n.
1. That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.
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2. (Anat.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or
which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
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3. (Zool.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and
crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.
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Vasoconstrictor
(gcide) | Vasoconstrictor \Vas`o*con*strict"or\, a. (Physiol.)
Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the
vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes
constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These
nerves are also called vasohypertonic.
[1913 Webster]Vasoconstrictor \Vas`o*con*strict"or\, n. (Medicine, Physiology)
A substance which causes constriction of the blood vessels.
Such substances are used in medicine to raise abnormally low
blood pressure.
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boa constrictor
(wn) | boa constrictor
n 1: very large boa of tropical America and West Indies [syn:
boa constrictor, Constrictor constrictor] |
coluber constrictor
(wn) | Coluber constrictor
n 1: blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to
six feet [syn: blacksnake, black racer, {Coluber
constrictor}] |
coluber constrictor flaviventris
(wn) | Coluber constrictor flaviventris
n 1: bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas [syn:
blue racer, Coluber constrictor flaviventris] |
constrictor constrictor
(wn) | Constrictor constrictor
n 1: very large boa of tropical America and West Indies [syn:
boa constrictor, Constrictor constrictor] |
vasoconstrictor
(wn) | vasoconstrictor
n 1: any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood
vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or
norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain
drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure [syn:
vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor] |
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