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coarctation

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18
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Pronunciation
/ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃən/
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/ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃən/ · /ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃn̩/ · /ˌkoʊˌɑɹkˈteɪ.ʃən/

Definition of coarctation

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta.
  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A confinement to a narrow space.
    “So likewise the greatest winds, if they have no coarctation, or blow not hollow, give an interior sound”
  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A pressure; that which presses.
    “the vessel will notwithstanding continue still to beat below or beyond the coarctation”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coarctātiō (“drawing or crowding together”, noun), from coarctō (“to press together, compress, contract, confine”) + -ātiō (“-ation”, action noun suffix); equivalent to coarctate + -ion.

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