Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A constriction or narrowing of a duct or passage; a stricture.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pathological narrowing of a passage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice. It differs from
stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine An abnormal
narrowing orstricture in ablood vessel or othertubular organ .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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But Tim Russert, when they did the autopsy, he did have disease, what they called stenosis in many vessels.
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But Tim Russert, when they did the autopsy, he did have disease, what they called stenosis in many vessels.
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Congenital subglottic stenosis is a rare condition in which the airway narrows because the airway cartilage did not form normally in utero.
Subglottic Stenosis 2010
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Enlarge+Subglottic stenosis is a narrowing of the airway below the vocal cords (subglottis).
Subglottic Stenosis 2010
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Tracheal stenosis is a narrowing of the trachea (windpipe) that is caused by an injury or a birth defect:
Tracheal Stenosis 2010
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Sometimes the stenosis is below the valve, caused by muscular bundles.
Pulmonary Stenosis 2009
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When the scarring from subglottic stenosis is limited to the back part of the vocal cords (inter-arytenoid region), it is called posterior glottic stenosis.
Subglottic Stenosis 2010
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Sometimes the stenosis is below the valve, caused by a fibrous membrane or a muscular ridge.
Aortic Stenosis 2009
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Aortic stenosis is also often associated with other congential heart disorders.
Medpundit 2003
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Aortic stenosis is also often associated with other congential heart disorders.
Archive 2003-06-01 2003
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