n.
Pronunciation: st ə - ' n ō -s ə s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -no · ses \ - ˌ s ē z \
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek sten ō sis 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 \ - ' nä-tik \ adjective