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co·arc·tate
(kō-ärk′tāt′)adj. Zoology
1. Enclosed within a hard shell, usually the skin of the last larval instar. 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
(kəʊˈɑːkteɪt)adj
1. (Zoology) (of a pupa) enclosed in a hard barrel-shaped case (puparium), as in the housefly
2. (Biology) crowded or pressed together; constricted
vb (intr)
(Pathology) pathol (esp of the aorta) to become narrower; become constricted
[C15: from Latin coarctāre, to press together, from artus tight]
ˌcoarcˈtation n
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coarctate
Past participle: coarctated
Gerund: coarctating
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| coarctate |
| coarctate |
| Present |
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| I coarctate |
| you coarctate |
| he/she/it coarctates |
| we coarctate |
| you coarctate |
| they coarctate |
| Preterite |
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| I coarctated |
| you coarctated |
| he/she/it coarctated |
| we coarctated |
| you coarctated |
| they coarctated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am coarctating |
| you are coarctating |
| he/she/it is coarctating |
| we are coarctating |
| you are coarctating |
| they are coarctating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have coarctated |
| you have coarctated |
| he/she/it has coarctated |
| we have coarctated |
| you have coarctated |
| they have coarctated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was coarctating |
| you were coarctating |
| he/she/it was coarctating |
| we were coarctating |
| you were coarctating |
| they were coarctating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had coarctated |
| you had coarctated |
| he/she/it had coarctated |
| we had coarctated |
| you had coarctated |
| they had coarctated |
| Future |
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| I will coarctate |
| you will coarctate |
| he/she/it will coarctate |
| we will coarctate |
| you will coarctate |
| they will coarctate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have coarctated |
| you will have coarctated |
| he/she/it will have coarctated |
| we will have coarctated |
| you will have coarctated |
| they will have coarctated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be coarctating |
| you will be coarctating |
| he/she/it will be coarctating |
| we will be coarctating |
| you will be coarctating |
| they will be coarctating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been coarctating |
| you have been coarctating |
| he/she/it has been coarctating |
| we have been coarctating |
| you have been coarctating |
| they have been coarctating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been coarctating |
| you will have been coarctating |
| he/she/it will have been coarctating |
| we will have been coarctating |
| you will have been coarctating |
| they will have been coarctating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been coarctating |
| you had been coarctating |
| he/she/it had been coarctating |
| we had been coarctating |
| you had been coarctating |
| they had been coarctating |
| Conditional |
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| I would coarctate |
| you would coarctate |
| he/she/it would coarctate |
| we would coarctate |
| you would coarctate |
| they would coarctate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have coarctated |
| you would have coarctated |
| he/she/it would have coarctated |
| we would have coarctated |
| you would have coarctated |
| they would have coarctated |
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Adj. 1. coarctate - (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case
enclosed - closed in or surrounded or included within; "an enclosed porch"; "an enclosed yard"; "the enclosed check is to cover shipping and handling"
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