coarctation meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

coarctation

noun

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

Etymology 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.

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta.

Obsolete A confinement to a narrow space.

So likewise the greatest winds, if they have no coarctation, or blow not hollow, give an interior sound1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

Obsolete A pressure; that which presses.

the vessel will notwithstanding continue still to beat below or beyond the coarctation1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:

Derived terms: recoarctation