stenosis

IPA: stɛnˈoʊsʌs

(medicine, pathology) An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.
A reduction in either mental or physical capacity.

Examples of "stenosis" in Sentences

Aortic stenosis is a common problem.
Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis.
Carotid stenosis and the cognitive function.
Degenerative spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis.
It is associated with stenosis subsequent to clotting.
Tracheal stenosis is a stenosis narrowing of the trachea.
It is possible for the stenosis to be caused by the spasm.
Aortic stenosis and mitral stenosis are the most common examples.
Tricuspid stenosis often occurs in association with mitral stenosis.
Sometimes the stenosis is below the valve, caused by muscular bundles.
It is hypothesized to be due to stenosis of the jugular and azygos veins.
Aortic stenosis is also often associated with other congential heart disorders.
Enlarge+Subglottic stenosis is a narrowing of the airway below the vocal cords (subglottis).
Sometimes the stenosis is below the valve, caused by a fibrous membrane or a muscular ridge.
Tracheal stenosis is a narrowing of the trachea (windpipe) that is caused by an injury or a birth defect:
But Tim Russert, when they did the autopsy, he did have disease, what they called stenosis in many vessels.
Congenital subglottic stenosis is a rare condition in which the airway narrows because the airway cartilage did not form normally in utero.
When the scarring from subglottic stenosis is limited to the back part of the vocal cords (inter-arytenoid region), it is called posterior glottic stenosis.