Co`arc*ta"tion (?), n. [L. coarctatio.]
1.
Confinement to a narrow space.
Bacon.
2.
Pressure; that which presses.
Ray.
3. Med.
A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice.
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