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noun
A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: stenosis
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A confinement to a narrow space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A pressure; that which presses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: narrowing
noun
tight or narrow compression
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: constriction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compression, condensation, contraction
History
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.
