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OP Dear wofahulicodoc: A spelling bee word was "coarct". Couldn't find it, so I looked for
"coarctation". To my surprise, medical meaning was not given"
1) coarctation. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.
2000.
...The state of being enclosed in an oval horny case. Used of an insect pupa
Now to look up "coarctation of the aorta".
Mirabile dictu, I found a radiograph, type not stated, showing narrowing where ascending
aorta becomes the descending aorta, just below the arrowhead. Used to be hopeless, now
can be surgically corrected. Marvelous.
http://info.med.yale.edu/intmed/cardio/chd/e_coarct/.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted coarctation wwh 12/14/02 03:42 PM Re: coarctation of the aorta wofahulicodoc 12/15/02 03:03 AM Re: coarctation of the aorta wwh 12/15/02 03:22 AM
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