arctation

== English == === Etymology === From Latin arctus (“shut in, narrow”), past participle of arcere (“to shut in”). Compare French arctation. === Noun === arctation (countable and uncountable, plural arctations) (obsolete, medicine) Stenosis. ==== Related terms ==== coarctation ==== Translations ==== === References === “arctation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.