coarctation
Meanings
noun
- A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta.
- A confinement to a narrow space.
- A pressure; that which presses.
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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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