Stenosis
/stɪˈnəʊ.sɪs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ. countable, uncountable
- 2 abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway wordnet
- 3 A reduction in either mental or physical capacity. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From New Latin stenōsis, from Ancient Greek στένωσις (sténōsis, “narrowing”), from στενόω (stenóō, “to confine, to contract”) + -σις (-sis, nominal suffix), equivalent to steno- + -osis.