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)

1. (obsolete, medicine) Stenosis.

Related terms

• coarctation

Translations

stenosis — see stenosis

References

• “arctation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.