Etymology

stenosis

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Today it means: An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ. Full definition →

New Latin stenōsis ← Ancient Greek στένωσις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστένωσις“narrowing”
  2. New Latin · derived fromstenōsis
  3. English todaystenosis

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.

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