stenosis
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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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stɪˈnəʊ.sɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /stəˈnoʊ.sɪs/
- Rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Noun
stenosis (countable and uncountable, plural stenoses)
- (medicine, pathology) An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.
- A reduction in either mental or physical capacity.
Derived terms
Translations
abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek στένωσις (sténōsis, “narrowing”), from στενόω (stenóō, “to confine, to contract”) + -σις (-sis, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /steˈno.sis/, [st̪eˈnɔːs̬is]
Noun
stenōsis f (genitive stenōsis); third declension
- A narrowing.
Inflection
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Descendants
- → English: stenosis
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