coarctation
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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.
- 1627 (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:
- So likewise the greatest winds, if they have no coarctation, or blow not hollow, give an interior sound
- (obsolete) A pressure; that which presses.
Derived terms
[edit]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]Audio: (file)
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.
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