ARCUATION

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

n. A®rk-u?-a’shuin, Lat., arcuatio., areuation. Ger., Krümmung. It., arcuazione. Sp., arcuaciôn. 1. A deformity due to forward convexity of the sternum. [Avicenna (L, 53).] 2. Arhachitic or other curvature of any bone. [A, 385.] 3. ‘An old term for the propagation of plants by layering. [L, 108.