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stenosis |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: stenosis n : abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway [syn: {stricture}]
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