METRO-ARCTIA

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 32

(Lat.), n. f. Me2t(mat)"ro(ro3)-a3rk's bia- (ti2 )-a3. From /nijrpa, the uterus, and arcere, to shut up. Of Piorry, coarctation of the uterus. [L, 50 (a, 14).] [s. 773]