stenosis

/stəˈnoʊsəs/

Other forms: stenoses

Definitions of stenosis

1. noun

   abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
   synonyms: stricture

   types:

   aortic stenosis

   abnormal narrowing of the aortic valve

   enterostenosis

   abnormal narrowing of the intestine

   laryngostenosis

   abnormal narrowing of the larynx

   pulmonary stenosis

   abnormal narrowing of the opening into the pulmonary artery from the right ventricle

   pyloric stenosis

   narrowing of the pyloric sphincter that blocks the passage of food from the stomach into the duodenum

   rhinostenosis

   narrowing of the passages in the nasal cavities

   mitral stenosis, mitral valve stenosis

   obstruction or narrowing of the mitral valve (as by scarring from rheumatic fever)

   ureterostenosis

   stenosis of the ureter

   type of:

   pathology

   any deviation from a healthy or normal condition