STENOSIS

stenosis, stricture

(noun) abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

stenosis (countable and uncountable, plural stenoses)

(medicine) An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ

A reduction in capacity (physical or mental)

Anagrams

• Ossetins, Sisseton

Source: Wiktionary


Ste*no"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Definition: A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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