στένωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στενόω (stenóō, to confine, to contract) + -σις (-sis, nominal suffix), from στενός (stenós, narrow) + -όω (-óō, to make someone do or be something).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στένωσῐς • (sténōsis) f (genitive στενώσεως); third declension

  1. A being straitened, narrowing.

Inflection

Descendants

  • English: stenosis

References

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