Meaning of STENOSIS
| Pronunciation: | | sti'nowsis
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| | Definition: | | [n] abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway |
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| | Synonyms: | | stricture |
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| | See Also: | | aortic stenosis, enterostenosis, Laryngostenosis, mitral stenosis, mitral valve stenosis, pathology, pulmonary stenosis, pyloric stenosis, rhinostenosis, ureterostenosis | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ste*no"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? narrow.] (Med.)
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.
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- the narrowing or constriction of a blood vessel or valve in the heart.
- abnormal narrowing of a body opening.
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