n. An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The pathological narrowing of a passage.
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n. abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
Word Usage
"But Tim Russert, when they did the autopsy, he did have disease, what they called stenosis in many vessels."