mitral stenosis

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noun Pathology.

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.

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Origin of mitral stenosis

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby mitral stenosis

mitotic spindle, mitra, mitrailleuse, mitral, mitral insufficiency, mitral stenosis, mitral valve, mitre, mitre block, mitre box, mitre gear

How to use mitral stenosis in a sentence

A physician was troubled to remember on which side of the heart are the “mitral valves.”
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
How much more vivid to many persons in this example is a Correlation, thus: “Mitral valves … mitred Abbots… none left … left.”
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Mme. Baudoyer, born Mitral, was the sister of the bailiff of that name.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
The breathing is not affected unless the operation is followed by stenosis.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various

In the worst forms of stenosis from septal deformity they are useless.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various