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plural of stenosis
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It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic
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Narrowing or restriction of a blood vessel or valve that reduces blood flow
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The narrowing or constriction
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partial blockage of a short segment of blood vessel
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Narrowing of a passageway
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narrowing of an artery due to the buildup of plaque on the inside wall of the artery
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narrowing of a duct, canal or channel or a natural passage
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narrowing
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The narrowing or constriction of an opening (such as a heart valve)
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An abnormal narrowing of a lumen, such as in a coronary artery
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An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
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A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus
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A narrowing of any canal, especially one fo the cardiac vessels
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narrowing or tightening of an opening or passage in the body
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Narrowing of a portion of the spinal canal, usually because of bony overgrowth
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Narrowing or stiffening of an opening (usually a blood vessel or heart valve)
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Narrowing of a valve or an artery is called stenosis A stenotic valve does not open completely and therefore it obstructs or blocks blood from moving through it normally An artery can become stenotic as well, such that there is obstruction of blood flow through it to the organs of the body
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{i} stricture, narrowing of a vessel or passage (Pathology)
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is a condition in which a blood vessel or other passage in the body becomes abnormally narrowed, restricting blood flow
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An obstruction or narrowing of an opening or valve
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An obstruction or narrowing of an opening (as in coronary artery stenosis) or valve
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a narrowing or constriction of the diameter of a bodily passage or orifice <esophageal ~>
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Blockage or obstruction a termed used to descibe an area or zone of narrowing in any channel, including the small coronary vessels
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abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
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a general term that means "narrowing", in this course it is used to describe arterial narrowing
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narrowing or constriction of a blood vessel or valve in the heart
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The narrowing or constriction of an opening, such as a blood vessel or heart valve
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This term means narrowing This may occur particularly in the cervical or lumbar spine producing cervical stenosis or lumbar stenosis If the narrowing is significant, then there is pressure on the spinal cord itself
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the narrowing or constriction of a blood vessel or valve in the heart
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Narrowing of a body passage or opening
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    Etymology

    [ st&-'nO-s&s ] (noun.) circa 1860. New Latin, from Greek stenOsis act of narrowing, from stenoun to narrow, from stenos narrow.
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