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On Sunday evening, Pope Francis underwent surgery for a colon condition called “symptomatic stenotic diverticulitis.”

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2021

Despite its intimidating name, symptomatic stenotic diverticulitis is a relatively common and treatable disorder.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2021

This arteriosclerotic endocarditis at times leads to very definite heart lesions, chiefly aortic or mitral insufficiency, or both with, at times, murmurs of a stenotic character at the base.

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

Besides the application of O'Dwyer's tubes in acute diseases affecting the larynx and causing difficulty of breathing, the method of intubation has proved of special service in the treatment of stenotic diseases of the larynx.

From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Occasionally in stenotic conditions the light may become covered by the upwelling of a flood of fluid, and it will be thought the light has gone out.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier