[ stɪ'nəʊsɪs ]
■ noun ( plural stenoses ) Medicine the abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body.
Derivatives
stenosed adjective
stenosing adjective
stenotic adjective
Origin
C19: mod. L., from Gk stenōsis 'narrowing', from stenoun 'make narrow'.
[ stɪ'nəʊsɪs ]
■ noun ( plural stenoses ) Medicine the abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body.
Derivatives
stenosed adjective
stenosing adjective
stenotic adjective
Origin
C19: mod. L., from Gk stenōsis 'narrowing', from stenoun 'make narrow'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004