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Meaning of ARCTATION

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Arc*ta"tion\, n. [L. arctus shut in, narrow, p. p. of
arcere to shut in: cf. F. arctation.] (Med.)
Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as in
constipation from inflammation.
 

 

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