coarctation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: coarctation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for coarctation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coarctation n tight or narrow compression [syn: constriction, coarctation] (biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coarctation \Co`arc*ta"tion\, n. [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.