arctation

English

Etymology

From Latin arctus (“shut in, narrow”), past participle of arcere (“to shut in”). Compare French arctation.

Noun

arctation (countable and uncountable, plural arctations)

(medicine) Constriction or contraction of a natural passage, as in constipation from inflammation.

Translations

stenosis — see stenosis

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “arctation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)