angustation

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noun

The act of making narrow; a contracting or straitening.

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Meanings

nounangustation (usually uncountable, plural angustations)

plural angustations

  1. uncountableusuallyThe act of making narrow; a contracting or straitening.

    The cauſe of vvhich may be referred […] to the obſtruction of the Vein ſomevvhere in its paſſage by ſome anguſtation upon it by part of the Tumour; […]

    1676, Richard Wiseman, “The First Book. A Treatise of Tumours. Chapter XIV. Of a Varix.”, in Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC, page 65
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APA

angustation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angustation

MLA

“angustation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angustation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “angustation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angustation.

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