1. pressed or squeezed together; constricted or narrowed
Usage: formal; chiefly biological or medical
2. (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a hardened larval skin
Usage: entomology

1. to press or squeeze together; to constrict
Usage: formal; rare

Examples

• The coarctate artery showed signs of narrowing on the ultrasound.
• A coarctate pupa remains protected within the last larval skin.
• The disease tends to coarctate the blood vessels over time.
• The patient's coarctate condition required surgical intervention.
• Insects in the coarctate stage are immobile and vulnerable.
• Stress can coarctate the airways, making breathing difficult.