mitral stenosis

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. abnormal narrowing of the mitral valve usually resulting from disease, as rheumatic fever, and obstructing the free flow of blood from the atrium to the ventricle.

---

Etymology

Origin of mitral stenosis

First recorded in 1870–75

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

mitral stenosis

The ultrasound revealed that the patient was suffering from mitral stenosis, a heart disease that, if untreated, is fatal for 50–60 percent of affected pregnant women, with the risk rising with each pregnancy.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2018

The left ventricle may be small with mitral stenosis, and therefore her general systemic circulation poor.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne

Females also show a greater frequency to mitral stenosis than do males.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne

Such irregularity perhaps most frequently occurs with valvular disease, especially mitral stenosis and in the muscular degenerations of senility, as fibrosis.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne

A primary and a secondary form are recognized, the former in conjunction with congenital malformations of the heart, the latter as the result of severe infection or of mitral stenosis.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---