Med. [n. of action f. L. arctā-re, prop. artā-re: see ART v.1, and cf. ARTATION.] The action of drawing close together; compression, constriction.
1656. in Blount, Glossogr.
1877. Erichsen, Surgery, II. III. xlii. 4. Arctation, or even complete occlusion, of the artery.
