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Stenosis

//stɪˈnəʊ.sɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway wordnet
  3. 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.

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