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Stenosis

Stenosis Meaning & Definition
Stenosis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stenosis?

[n] abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway

Synonyms | Synonyms for Stenosis: stricture

Related Terms | Find terms related to Stenosis:

See Also | aortic stenosis | enterostenosis | Laryngostenosis | mitral stenosis | mitral valve stenosis | pathology | pulmonary stenosis | pyloric stenosis | rhinostenosis | ureterostenosis

Stenosis In Webster's Dictionary

\Ste*no"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? narrow.] (Med.) A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.

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