stenosis

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stɪˈnəʊ.sɪs/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /stəˈnoʊ.sɪs/
  • Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

stenosis (countable and uncountable, plural stenoses)

  1. (medicine, pathology) An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.
  2. A reduction in either mental or physical capacity.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στένωσις (sténōsis, narrowing), from στενόω (stenóō, to confine, to contract) +‎ -σις (-sis, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [st̪eˈnɔː.s̬is]

Noun

stenōsis f (genitive stenōsis); third declension

  1. A narrowing.

Inflection

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative stenōsis stenōsēs
genitive stenōsis stenōsium
dative stenōsī stenōsibus
accusative stenōsem stenōsēs
stenōsīs
ablative stenōse stenōsibus
vocative stenōsis stenōsēs

Descendants

  • English: stenosis