coarctate definition - Dictionary

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co·arc·tate [ kō rk tàyt ]

adjective

Definition:

1. medicine constricted: describes any vessel or canal in the body that has become constricted, narrowed, or pressed together

2. zoology in hard shell: describes a pupa that is enclosed in a horny oval case

intransitive verb (past and past participle co·arc·tat·ed, present participle co·arc·tat·ing, 3rd person present singular co·arc·tates)

Definition:

constrict: to become narrow, constricted, or pressed together ( refers to blood vessels or other body passages )

[15th century. < Latin coar(c)tat-, past participle of coar(c)tare "press close together" < artare "press close" < artus "confined, narrow"]

co·arc·ta·tion [ k aark táysh'n ] noun