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Etymology
From Latin praestrictio (“a binding fast”), from praestringere. See pre-, and stringent.
Noun
prestriction
- (obsolete) obstruction, dimness, or defect of sight
1641, John Milton, Animadversions upon The Remonstrants Defence Against Smectymnuus, Section III:Boast not of your eyes; it is feared you have Balaam's disease, a pearl in your eye, Mammon's prestriction.