coarctation
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃn̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkoʊˌɑɹkˈteɪ.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun edit
coarctation (countable and uncountable, plural coarctations)
- (pathology) A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta.
- Synonym: stenosis
- (obsolete) A confinement to a narrow space.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- So likewise the greatest winds, if they have no coarctation, or blow not hollow, give an interior sound
- (obsolete) A pressure; that which presses.
Translations edit
stenosis — see stenosis
References edit
- “coarctation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “coarctation”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
coarctation f (plural coarctations)
- coarctation
Further reading edit
- “coarctation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.