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stenosis Path.|stɪˈnəʊsɪs| Pl. stenoses. [mod.L., a. Gr. στένωσις narrowing, f. στενοῦν to narrow, f. στενός narrow.] The contraction or stricture of a passage, duct or canal.
1872[see mitral a.]. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 732 Cicatricial stenoses are frequent causes of constipation. 1880M. Mackenzie Dis. Throat & Nose I. 361 An infant..died from acute stenosis of the larynx in about three weeks. 1880A. Flint Princ. Med. (ed. 4) 335 In mitral stenosis less blood than normal flows into the left ventricle. |