Dictionary

stenosis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /stəˈnoʊ.sɪs/ (General-American)
• /stɪˈnəʊ.sɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From New Latin stenōsis, from Ancient Greek στένωσις (sténōsis, “narrowing”), from στενόω (stenóō, “to confine, to contract”) + -σις (-sis, nominal suffix), equivalent to steno- + -osis.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.
2. (countable, uncountable) A reduction in either mental or physical capacity.

Forms

Deriveds

angiostenosis · poststenosis · restenosis · ureterostenosis · dacryostenosis · enterostenosis · craniostenosis · fibrostenosis · rhinostenosis · orbitostenosis · pyloric stenosis · stenotic · arthrostenosis · homeostenosis · antirestenosis · oesophagostenosis · bronchostenosis

Translations (21)

cs stenóza (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · nl adervernauwing (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · pt estenose (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · hu szűkület (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · fi ahtauma (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · sk stenóza (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · tr stenoz (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · sv stenos (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · ms stenosis (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · uk стено́з (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · cmn 狹窄症 /狭窄症 (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · tr darlık (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · fi stenoosi (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · de Stenose (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · ar تَضَيُّق (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · cmn 狹窄 /狭窄 (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · fr sténose (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · es estenosis (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · hu sztenózis (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · ca estenosi (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) · pt coarctação (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ)