Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stenosis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stenosis \Ste*no"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? narrow.] (Med.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stenosis
n : abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway [syn: {stricture}]
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