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Definition: Coarctation |
CoarctationNoun1. (biology) a congenital narrowing of the aorta. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Coarctation \Co`arc*ta"tion\, noun. [Latin expression coarctatio.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contraction | Condensation, compression, compactness; compendium; squeezing; Verb: strangulation; corrugation; astringency; astringents, sclerotics; contractility, compressibility; coarctation. |
Hindrance | Noun: prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage; embolus, embolism; infarct; interruption, interception, interclusion; hindrance, impedition; retardment, retardation; embarrassment, oppilation; coarctation, stricture, restriction; restraint; inhibition; blockade; (closure). |
Narrowness Thinness | Narrowing, coarctation, angustation, tapering; contraction. |
Nonincrease, Decrease | Noun: decrease, diminution; lessening; Verb: subtraction; reduction, abatement, declension; shrinking; (contraction.); coarctation; abridgment; (shortening); extenuation. |
Restraint | Confinement; durance, duress; imprisonment; incarceration, coarctation, entombment, mancipation, durance vile, limbo, captivity; blockade. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Coarctation |
| Specialty definitions using "coarctation": Aortic Coarctation. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expression using "coarctation": Aortic Coarctation. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
coarctation of the aorta | 42 |
coarctation | 12 |
aortic coarctation | 4 |
aortic coarctation treatment | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "coarctation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | coarctatio. (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | coarctatio, coarctatie. (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | aortan koarktaatio (aortic coarctation, coarctation of the aorta). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | coarctation. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Coarctatio, Koarktation. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | στένωση ισθμού αορτής (aortic coarctation, aortic stenosis, coarctation of the aorta). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | coartazione dell'aorta (aortic coarctation, coarctation of the aorta). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | oarctationcay coartación. (various references) | ||||||||||
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Words beginning with "coarctation": coarctations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "coarctation" (pronounced 'Co`arc*ta"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-n-o-o-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: antarctic, catatonic. | |
-3 letters: coaction, contract, cratonic, narcotic, raincoat, rotation, traction. | |
-4 letters: acronic, acrotic, anticar, arnatto, arnotto, atactic, carioca, carotin, cartoon, citator, coactor, contact, contort, coranto, ocarina, oration, raccoon, rattoon, ricotta, taction, tantric, toccata, tortoni. | |
-5 letters: acinar, action, anatto, antiar, aortic, arctic, arnica, aroint, atonic, attain, attorn, cantic, cantor, carina, carton, cation, citron, cocain, contra. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-i-n-o-o-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: coarctations. | |
+2 letters: contractional. | |
+3 letters: contractionary. | |
+4 letters: nonaristocratic, teratocarcinoma. | |
+5 letters: contraindication, teratocarcinomas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 61 72 63 74 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- .- .-. -.-. - .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100001 01110010 01100011 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o a r c t a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0061 0072 0063 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3781678469866786758180 |
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