stenosis, stricture
(noun) abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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)
• 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
22 December 2024
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
