Coarctate Definition

kō-ärktāt
adjective
Compressed or constricted.
Webster's New World
Rigidly enclosed in the last larval skin.
Webster's New World
verb

(obsolete) To press together; to crowd.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) To restrain; to confine.

Wiktionary

Origin of Coarctate

  • Latin coarctātus past participle of coarctāre to compress alteration of coartāre co- co- artāre to compress (from artus tight, confined ar- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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CCOCOA

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