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.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /stɪˈnəʊ.sɪs/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /stəˈnoʊ.sɪs/
• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

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.

• Ossetins, Sisseton

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

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /steˈno.sis/, [st̪eˈnɔːs̬is]

stenōsis f (genitive stenōsis); third declension

1. A narrowing.

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

• → English: stenosis