"Coarctation" is a word in ENGLISH
A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or
orifice.
Pressure; that which presses.
Confinement to a narrow space.
The darkest clouds precipitate the most rain.
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An old lady saw a little boy with a fishing-rod over his shoulder and a jar of tadpoles in his hand walking through the park one Sunday. "Little boy," she called, "don't you know you shouldn't go fishing on a Sunday?" "I'm not going fishing, ma'am," he called back, "I'm going home."
An incision into the rectum, as for the division of a stricture.
Read the complete definitionAny elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder …
Read the complete definitionA narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs …
Read the complete definitionA localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic.
Read the complete definitionStrictness.
Read the complete definitionA stroke; a glance; a touch.
Read the complete definitionA touch of adverse criticism; censure.
Read the complete definitionAffected with a stricture; as, a strictured duct.
Read the complete definitionAn instrument for cutting a urethral stricture.
Read the complete definitionAn incision of the urethra, esp. incision for relief of urethral stricture.
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