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Definition of Coarctation

1. Noun. Tight or narrow compression.

2. Noun. (biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta.

Definition of Coarctation

1. n. Confinement to a narrow space.

Definition of Coarctation

1. Noun. (medicine) A stenosis, especially of the aorta. ¹

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Definition of Coarctation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Coarctation

1. A narrowing of the passageway of a blood vessel, such as coarctation of the aorta, a congenital condition. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coarctation

coapplying coapt coaptation coaptation splint coaptation suture coaptations coapted coapting coapts coaration

coarb coarbs coarct coarctate coarctate retina coarctations coarctectomy coarctotomy coarse coarse-grained

coarse-graining coarse-grainings coarse breast architecture coarse dispersion coarse tremor coarsely coarsen coarsened

Literary usage of Coarctation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the lungs: Including the Principles by Walter Hayle Walshe (1851)
"coarctation AND OBLITERATION. I. The arch of the aorta is subject to a peculiar quasi-congenital coarctation, which occurs at the time of the closure of the ..."

2. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1919)
"(b) Those with little or no cyanosis—aortic coarctation, most septum defects, patent ductus ... Stenosis of the Descending Aortic Arch (Aortic coarctation). ..."

3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1861)
"ON THE OPERATION OF TURNING IN LABOUR OBSTRUCTED THROUGH coarctation OF THE PELVIC BRIM. By Dr. ROBERT BARNES, FRCP, Physician to the Royal Maternity ..."

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