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Stenosis Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -osis

Stenosis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway

"The doctor explained that his chest pain was caused by stenosis, an abnormal narrowing of the artery supplying blood to his heart."

2

An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ

"The doctor explained that his chest pain was caused by coronary artery stenosis, which had severely restricted blood flow to his heart."

See Also
coarctation tetralogy of fallot keutel syndrome stenotic intrastenotic poststenotic sialolith blood vessel
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
pathology
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
aortic stenosis enterostenosis laryngostenosis pulmonary stenosis pyloric stenosis rhinostenosis mitral stenosis ureterostenosis
Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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