Crossword clues for stenosis
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stenosis \Ste*no"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. steno`s narrow.] (Med.) A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1846, medical Latin, from Greek stenosis "narrowing," from stenoun "to narrow," from stenos "narrow" (see steno-) + -osis.
Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.
WordNet
Wikipedia
A stenosis (; plural: stenoses, ) (from Ancient Greek στένωσις, "narrowing") is an abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure. It is also sometimes called a stricture (as in urethral stricture).
Stricture as a term is usually used when narrowing is caused by contraction of smooth muscle (e.g., achalasia, prinzmetal angina); stenosis is usually used when narrowing is caused by lesion that reduces the space of lumen (e.g., atherosclerosis). The term coarctation is another synonym, but is commonly used only in the context of aortic coarctation.
Restenosis is the recurrence of stenosis after a procedure.
Usage examples of "stenosis".
Zesas was for cicatricial stenoses 60 per cent, and for malignant cases 84 per cent.
Heineke and Mikulicz, and is designed to remove the mechanic obstruction in cicatricial stenoses of the pylorus, at the same time creating a new pylorus.
Each of the abnormalities that defined the disease: ventricular septum defect, stenosis of the pulmonary valve, a displaced aorta, and an enlarged right ventricle were present.
I find that the stenosis of the pulmonary valve is still apparent in an X-ray.
Freeman, realizing that there was certainly no chance for him of finishing his patients unless he gave way to her persistence, wrote a brief note certifying that in his opinion Mrs Dunwoody, who was suffering from mitral stenosis, would benefit from accommodation which did not involve the climbing of stairs.
Also, from the murmur we think we hear there may be a fair bit of stenosis around the aortic valve.
There is a possibility that some of these cases of Hippocrates were instances of pyloric carcinoma or of stenosis of the pylorus.
This will always retain its place in operative surgery as a palliative and life-saving operation for carcinomatous stenosis of the lower part of the colon, and in cases of carcinoma of the rectum in which operation is not feasible.
Zesas was for cicatricial stenoses 60 per cent, and for malignant cases 84 per cent.
Heineke and Mikulicz, and is designed to remove the mechanic obstruction in cicatricial stenoses of the pylorus, at the same time creating a new pylorus.
I performed a Polyagastrectomy for a duodenal ulcer causing pyloric stenosis, following which he was able to carry out his duties in a more decorous fashion - I am, etc.