Look up: stenosis

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   stenosis
   [n] - abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
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   Stenosis
   narrowing of a body passageway
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   Stenosis
   Narrowing of a tubular structure, e.g. A blood vessel, the gut
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   Stenosis
   A narrowing. Commonly used in relation to the valves of the heart whose narrowing may lead to heart failure. (E.g. aortic stenosis). Also applied to the narrowing of an artery (E.g. carotid stenosis).
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   Stenosis
   The abnormal narrowing of an opening or passage.
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   Stenosis
   Stenosis: A narrowing, as in: aortic stenosis (narrowing of the aortic valve of the heart), pulmonary stenosis (narrowing of the pulmonary valve of the heart), pyloric stenosis (narrowing of the outlet of the stomach), and spinal stenosis (narrowing of the vertebral canal). From the Greek 'stenos' meaning narrow.
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   stenosis
   the constriction or narrowing of an orifice or the lumen of a hollow or tubular organ Category: Medicine
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   Stenosis
   Ste·no'sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek steno`s narrow.] (Medicine) A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. 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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   stenosis
   Narrowing or stricture of a duct or canal. ... Origin: Gr. Stenosis ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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    stenosis
    stricture noun abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
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    Stenosis
    A `stenosis` is an abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure. It is also sometimes called a `stricture` (as in urethral stricture). Stenosis of the vascular type are often associated with a noise (bruit) resulting from turbulent flow over the narrowed blood vessel. This bruit can be made audible by a stethoscope. Other, more reliable methods of diagnosing a stenosis are imaging methods including ultrasound, Magnet...
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    stenosis
    (stә-no´sis) pl. steno´ses an abnormal narrowing or contraction of a body passage or opening; called also arctation, coarctation, and stricture.
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    Stenosis
    • (n.) A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. 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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    stenosis
    (from the article `atresia and stenosis`) absence, usually congenital, of a normal bodily passage or cavity (atresia) or narrowing of a normal passage (stenosis). Most such malformations ...
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    stenosis
    (Gr. stenosis) narrowing or stricture of a duct or canal.
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    stenosis
    stenosis (s), stenoses (pl) 1. A constriction or narrowing of a duct or passage; a stricture. 2. A stricture of any canal or orifice. Aortic stenosis (narrowing of the aortic valve of the heart). When the degree of narrowing becomes significant enough to impede the flow of blood from the left ventricle to the arteries, heart problems dev...
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    stenosis
    A stricture of any canal or orifice. [G. stensis, a narrowing]
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    Stenosis
    Stenosis or narrowing can happen in heart disease to a valve when the valve is stiff and can't open all the way. The result is that the heart must work harder to move blood. (Read about Stenosis in 'The Heart and Its Valves')
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