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Webster 1913 Edition
Stenosis
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Ste-no′sis
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
στενόσ
narrow.] (Med.)
A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice;
as,
. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic. stenosis
of the pylorus