† coˈarction Obs. rare.
[f. coarct v., after act-ion, etc.: see -ion1.]
Coarctation, constriction.
| 1782 A. Monro Compar. Anat. (ed. 3) 7 Nor is there any coarction forming the antrum willisii as in the stomach of man. Ibid. 18 These coarctions give way in the time of birth. |