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UK
/stɛnˈəʊsɪs/
]
[ US /ˌstɛˈnoʊsɪs/ ]
[ US /ˌstɛˈnoʊsɪs/ ]
NOUN
- abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
How To Use stenosis In A Sentence
- As the next five years passed, his back pain gradually got worse and eventually spinal canal stenosis was diagnosed.
- Objective To probe into the feasibility in diagnose of renal artery stenosis with simple harmless methods.
- Patients with signs of aortic stenosis on physical examination should undergo testing, including chest x-ray, electrocardiograph and echocardiograph.
- _Endoscopic evisceration of the larynx_ will cure a few cases of laryngeal cicatricial stenosis, and should be tried before resorting to laryngostomy. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
- Among 25 cases of tuberculosis of internal genital, the roughness of cervical margin was most commonly seen, stenosis of cervix uteri came second.
- Endoscopy revealed prostatic urethral stenosis that precluded advancement of the cystoscope into the bladder.
- Circulatory studies in mitral stenosis before and after commissurotomy, Ann. Surg., Dickinson W. Richards - Nobel Lecture
- Nearly 10% of people older than 65 suffer from an ailment called aortic stenosis, narrowing of the valve that releases a big surge of blood into the heart's major artery, the aorta. New heart valve holds promise and stroke risk
- Helifix is a non-fusion interspinous device designed to provide relief from the symptoms of spinal stenosis by providing flexion in the posterior elements. SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
- In infants, projectile vomiting happens when a baby has a condition called pyloric stenosis: an overdeveloped pylorus muscle at the bottom of the stomach. You Raising Your Child