stenosis

English

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /stəˈnoʊ.sɪs/
  • Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

stenosis (countable and uncountable, plural stenoses)

  1. (medicine, pathology) An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.
  2. A reduction in either mental or physical capacity.

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Latin

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

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  1. A narrowing.

Inflection

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
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