noun · countable / uncountable · rare

coarctation

coarctation · coarctations

A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aortaA congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta.

UK/ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃən/US/ˌkoʊˌɑɹkˈteɪ.ʃən/

Meaning

3 senses

(countable, uncountable)A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta.
(biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A confinement to a narrow space.
tight or narrow compression
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A pressure; that which presses.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin coarctātiō (“drawing or crowding together”, noun), from coarctō (“to p

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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