coarctation
noun
- an abnormal narrowing or stricture of a blood vessel or other organ
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃən/ / /ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃn̩/ / /ˌkoʊˌɑɹkˈteɪ.ʃən/
noun
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.
- A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta.
- A confinement to a narrow space.
“So likewise the greatest winds, if they have no coarctation, or blow not hollow, give an interior sound”
- A pressure; that which presses.
“the vessel will notwithstanding continue still to beat below or beyond the coarctation”