coarctation

Signification (Anglais)

1. A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta.
2. (obsolete) A confinement to a narrow space.
3. (obsolete) A pressure; that which presses.

Concepts

coarctation

coarctation ''f''

Synonymes

constriction

stenosis

stricture

chokepoint

Traductions

Koarktation

-en

coartazione

coartazione ''f''

coarctação

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.