coarctation

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发音

UK /ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃən/
UK /ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃn̩/
US /ˌkoʊˌɑɹkˈteɪ.ʃən/

词形变化

coarctations 复数 coarctations

别名

coarc

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta.

    可数 不可数 医学
  2. 2.

    A confinement to a narrow space.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  3. 3.

    A pressure; that which presses.

    可数 废旧 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

constriction

上位词 4

compression contraction narrowing condensation

词源

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.

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