stenosis

[sti-noh-sis]

noun

Pathology.

1. a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.

stenosis

/ stɪˈnəʊsɪs, stɪˈnɒtɪk /

noun

1. pathol an abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passage

Other Word Forms

• stenotic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of stenosis¹

First recorded in 1855–60; from New Latin, from Greek sténōsis; equivalent to steno- + -osis

Word History and Origins

Origin of stenosis¹

C19: via New Latin from Greek stenōsis, from stenoun to constrict, from stenos narrow

Example Sentences

Mr Bridges, 76, says keeping his two-bed bungalow near Braintree warm was a necessity as his wife has spinal stenosis and is in "a lot of pain" when it gets colder.

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Snider spoke openly throughout his life about his struggles with drugs and with chronic pain related to spinal stenosis.

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They were then issued with a second death certificate, which said the primary cause of his death was pneumonia and severe aortic stenosis, a blocked heart valve.

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Her cause of death is listed as "hospital-acquired pneumonia and severe aortic stenosis" - the condition the hospital had been attempting to treat.

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The 257 patients who completed the study all had asymptomatic extracranial high-grade internal carotid artery stenosis — in other words, their carotid arteries were blocked with plaque.

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