coarctate

Meaning

Adj

1. Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.
2. (of the pupa of certain flies) Enclosed in a rigid case formed by the larval cuticle or puparium.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To press together; to crowd.
2. (obsolete) To restrain; to confine.

Synonyms

encysted

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coarctātus, perfect participle of coarctō (“to press together, compress, contract, confine”), from co- (“being or bringing together, co-”) + arctō (“to draw or press close together”).