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Webster 1913 Edition
Coarctation
Coˊarc-ta′tion
,Noun.
[L.
coarctatio
.] 1.
Confinement to a narrow space.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
2.
Pressure; that which presses.
[Obs.]
Ray.
3.
(Med.)
A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice.
Webster 1828 Edition
Coarctation
COARCTATION
, n.1.
Confinement; restraint to a narrow space.2.
Pressure; contraction.3.
Restraint of liberty.