coarctate
verbEtymology From the above adjective, for more see etymology at -ate.
1
Obsolete To press together; to crowd.
2
Obsolete To restrain; to confine.
- Related terms
- coarctation
coarctate
adjUK /kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/ · US /koʊˈɑɹkˌteɪt/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin coarctātus, perfect participle of coarctō (“to press together, compress, contract, confine”), from co- (“being or bringing together, co-”) + arctō (“to draw or press close together”).
1
Medicine, Sciences Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.
2
Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences (of the pupa of certain flies) Enclosed in a rigid case formed by the larval cuticle or puparium.