coarctate
IPA: koʊɑrkteɪt
verb
- (obsolete) To press together; to crowd.
- (obsolete) To restrain; to confine.
adjective
- (medicine) Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.
- (entomology) (of the pupa of certain flies) Enclosed in a rigid case formed by the larval cuticle or puparium.
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Examples of "coarctate" in Sentences
- Coarctate pupae develop inside the larval skin.