c 3 o 1 a 1 r 1 c 3 t 1 a 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1
11 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun tight or narrow compression
noun (biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta
originBorrowed 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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