Library / English Dictionary

STENOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: stenoses   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway

Synonyms:

stenosis; stricture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("stenosis" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stenosis"):

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)

Derivation:

stenotic (abnormally constricted body canal or passage)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Laryngeal stenosis is a congenital or acquired narrowing of the upper airway that results in difficulty breathing.

(Laryngeal Stenosis, NICHD)

Mutation of the gene is associated with diaphyseal medullary stenosis with malignant fibrous histiocytoma.

(MTAP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A classification system for coronary stenosis based upon characteristics that influence the difficulty of percutaneous coronary revascularization.

(American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Lesion Complexity Class, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

There was greater than or equal to 50% stenosis (reduction in cross-sectional area) in one coronary artery.

(One Coronary Vessel Disease, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

There was less than 50% stenosis (reduction in cross-sectional area) in all coronary artery branches.

(No Evidence of Coronary Artery Disease, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Percent luminal narrowing of the left main coronary artery, at the point of maximal stenosis of the left main coronary artery.

(Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in the gene are associated with autosomal dominant cutis laxa and supravalvular aortic stenosis.

(ELN wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Stenosis of the conus arteriosus (infundibulum) with or without involvement of the pulmonary valve.

(Congenital Infundibular Stenosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It results in a functional stenosis of the distal colon and a massive distention of the proximal colon.

(Aganglionic megacolon, NCI Thesaurus)

Quantifiable estimate of the potential patency of a vessel in the absence of stenosis.

(Estimated Potential Vessel Value, NCI Thesaurus)