Meaning | Abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway. |
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Synonym | stenosis |
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Narrower | aortic stenosis | Abnormal narrowing of the aortic valve |
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enterostenosis | Abnormal narrowing of the intestine |
laryngostenosis | Abnormal narrowing of the larynx |
mitral stenosis, mitral valve stenosis | Obstruction or narrowing of the mitral valve (as by scarring from rheumatic fever) |
pulmonary stenosis | Abnormal narrowing of the opening into the pulmonary artery from the right ventricle |
pyloric stenosis | narrowing of the pyloric sphincter that blocks the passage of food from the stomach into the duodenum |
rhinostenosis | narrowing of the passages in the nasal cavities |
ureterostenosis | stenosis of the ureter |
Broader | pathology | Any deviation from a healthy or normal / normal condition |
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Spanish | estegnosis, estenosis |
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Catalan | estenosi |
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