Associations to the word «Coarctation»
Noun
- Hypertension
- Defect
- Artery
- Anomaly
- Valve
- Abnormality
- Isthmus
- Syndrome
- Doppler
- Obstruction
- Ps
- Infant
- Surgery
- Arch
- Severity
- Turner
- Repair
- Pregnancy
- Pulse
- Patient
- Disease
- Therapy
- Diagnosis
- Heart
- Blood
- Flow
- Segment
- Pressure
- Adult
- Procedure
- Disorder
- Symptom
- Iii
- Iv
- Medium
- Birth
- Exercise
- Test
- Encyclopedia
- Vessel
- Upper
- Cause
- Risk
- Treatment
- Drug
- Difference
- Left
- Block
- Ii
- Rate
- Condition
- Body
- Child
- Right
- Case
- Study
- Operation
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Wiktionary
COARCTATION, noun. (medicine) A stenosis, especially of the aorta.
COARCTATION, noun. (obsolete) confinement to a narrow space
COARCTATION, noun. (obsolete) pressure; that which presses
Dictionary definition
COARCTATION, noun. Tight or narrow compression.
COARCTATION, noun. (biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta.
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