COARCTATION
\kɔːktˈe͡ɪʃən], \kɔːktˈeɪʃən], \k_ɔː_k_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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Confinement to a narrow space.
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Pressure; that which presses.
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A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice.
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Confinement to a narrow space.
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Pressure; that which presses.
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A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice.
By Noah Webster.
By William R. Warner
By Robley Dunglison
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).