stenosis
/stɪˈnəʊ.sɪs/US/stəˈnoʊ.sɪs/
stenosis noun: an abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.
Noun
stenosis (countable and uncountable, plural stenoses)
stenosis meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Malay
stenosis in Tamil
- உடல் குழாய்ச் சுருக்கம், குழாய் அடைப்பு, குறுக்கம், சுருங்கல், மலட்டு நோய், மலட்டுநோய்
stenosis in Arabic
- abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
- تَضَيُّق taḍayyuq
stenosis in Malay
- abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
- stenosis
Forms of stenosis
| plural | stenoses |
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Origin of stenosis
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.
Words formed from stenosis
Words that rhyme with stenosis
- apotheosis
- symbiosis
- -osis
- abiosis
- diagnosis
- gnosis
- hypnosis
- lordosis
- arthrosis
- cytosis
- kyphosis
- meiosis
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- osmosis
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- synostosis
- theosis
- acanthocytosis
- acanthosis
- acidosis
- adiposis
- aerobiosis
- alkalosis
- amyloidosis
- anadiplosis
- anostosis
- aponeurosis
- apoptosis
- endocytosis
- exocytosis
- halitosis
- hemochromatosis
- ichthyosis
- koilocytosis
- lactosis
- leukoerythroblastosis
- miosis
- mitosis
- mononucleosis
- mycosis
- neoatherosclerosis
- neurosis
- ochronosis
- osteophytosis
- osteoporosis
- parahypnosis
- phagocytosis
- pinocytosis
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- potocytosis
- probiosis
- psychosis
- ptosis
- pyrosis
- retrognosis
- rubatosis
- silicosis
- simuliotoxicosis
- synchondrosis
- syndesmosis
Questions about stenosis
- What does stenosis mean?
- Stenosis means an abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.
- What is stenosis in Tamil?
- Stenosis in Tamil is உடல் குழாய்ச் சுருக்கம், குழாய் அடைப்பு, குறுக்கம். See Stenosis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is stenosis?
- Stenosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stenosis?
- Stenosis is pronounced /stɪˈnəʊ.sɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of stenosis?
- The plural of stenosis is stenoses.
Words near stenosis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stenosis (page history and authors); stenosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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