STENOSIS


Meaning of STENOSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ stə-ˈnō-səs ]

noun

( plural ste·no·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek stenōsis act of narrowing, from stenoun to narrow, from stenos narrow

Date: circa 1860

: a narrowing or constriction of the diameter of a bodily passage or orifice

• ste·not·ic -ˈnä-tik adjective

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