mitral stenosis

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.

Origin of mitral stenosis

First recorded in 1870–75

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mitral stenosis in Medicine

A narrowing of the mitral valve usually caused by rheumatic fever and resulting in an obstruction to the flow of blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle.