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co⋅arc⋅tate

  [koh-ahrk-teyt, -tit]
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–adjective
(of a pupa) having the body enclosed in a hardened shell or puparium.
Origin:
1375–1425 for sense “confined, restricted,” 1810–20 for current sense; late ME < L coarctātus, var. of coartātus (ptp. of coartāre to press together), equiv. to co- co- + art(us) tight (see article ) + -ātus -ate 1
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co·arc·tate   (kō-ärk'tāt')   
adj.   Zoology

  1. Enclosed in an oval horny case. Used of an insect pupa.

  2. Constricted, narrowed, or compressed, as a segment of a blood vessel.


[Latin coarctātus, past participle of coarctāre, to compress, alteration of coartāre : co-, co- + artāre, to compress (from artus, tight, confined; see ar- in Indo-European roots).]
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coarctate co·arc·tate (kō-ärk'tāt')
adj.
Constricted, narrowed, or compressed, as a segment of a blood vessel.

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