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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

arctus

shut in, narrow, p. p. of

arcere

to shut in: cf. F.

arctation

(Med.)

Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as in constipation from inflammation.

arctation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural arctations)

stenosis — see stenosis