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• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkəʊ.ɑːkˈteɪ.ʃn̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkoʊˌɑɹkˈteɪ.ʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

coarctation (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 coarctations)

1. (medicine) A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta.

   Synonym: stenosis

2. (obsolete) A confinement to a narrow space.
   • 1631, [Francis Bacon], “2. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:

     So likewise the greatest winds, if they have no coarctation, or blow not hollow, give an interior sound

3. (obsolete) A pressure; that which presses.
   • 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], OCLC 1179804186:

     the vessel will notwithstanding continue still to beat below or beyond the coarctation

参照

• “coarctation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “coarctation”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.