stenosis (redirected from hypertrophic pyloric stenosis)

ste·no·sis  (st-nss)

n. pl. ste·no·ses (-sz)

A constriction or narrowing of a duct or passage; a stricture.

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[Greek stensis, a narrowing, from stenoun, to narrow, from stenos, narrow.]

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ste·notic (-ntk) adj.

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stenosis - abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway stricture aortic stenosis - abnormal narrowing of the aortic valve enterostenosis - abnormal narrowing of the intestine laryngostenosis - abnormal narrowing of the larynx pulmonary stenosis - abnormal narrowing of the opening into the pulmonary artery from the right ventricle pyloric stenosis - narrowing of the pyloric sphincter that blocks the passage of food from the stomach into the duodenum rhinostenosis - narrowing of the passages in the nasal cavities mitral stenosis, mitral valve stenosis - obstruction or narrowing of the mitral valve (as by scarring from rheumatic fever) pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition ureterostenosis - stenosis of the ureter