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coarctation

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aaccinoorttStarts with CEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A narrowing or constriction, especially of the aorta.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • So likewise the greatest winds, if they have no coarctation, or blow not hollow, give an interior sound
  • the vessel will notwithstanding continue still to beat below or beyond the coarctation

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