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Origin
- Ancient Greekστένωσις“narrowing”
- New Latinstenōsis
- Englishstenosis
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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Arabic تَضَيُّق
- تَضَيُّق (taḍayyuq)abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Catalan estenosi
- estenosiabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Chinese Mandarin 狹窄 /狭窄, 狹窄症 /狭窄症
- 狹窄 /狭窄 (xiázhǎi)abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
- 狹窄症 /狭窄症 (xiázhǎizhèng)abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Czech stenóza
- stenózaabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Dutch adervernauwing
- adervernauwingabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Finnish ahtauma, stenoosi
- ahtaumaabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
- stenoosiabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
French sténose
- sténoseabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
German Stenose
- Stenoseabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Hungarian sztenózis, szűkület
- sztenózisabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
- szűkületabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Malay stenosis
- stenosisabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Portuguese estenose, coarctação
- estenoseabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
- coarctaçãoabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Slovak stenóza
- stenózaabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Spanish estenosis
- estenosisabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Swedish stenos
- stenosabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Turkish stenoz, darlık
- stenozabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
- darlıkabnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Ukrainian стено́з
- стено́з (stenóz)abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with stenosis
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APA
stenosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stenosis
MLA
“stenosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stenosis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stenosis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stenosis.
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