Path. Pl. stenoses. [mod.L., a. Gr. στένωσις narrowing, f. στενοῦν to narrow, f. στενός naπow.] The contraction or stricture of a passage, duct or canal.
1866. A. Flint, Princ. Med. (1880), 335. In mitral stenosis less blood than normal flows into the left ventricle.
1879. St. George’s Hosp. Rep., IX. 732. Cicatricial stenoses are frequent causes of constipation.
1880. M. Mackenzie, Dis. Throat & Nose, I. 361. An infant … died from acute stenosis of the larynx in about three weeks.
