stenosis
Plural: stenoses
Noun
- abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
- An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.
- A reduction in either mental or physical capacity.
- pl. -NOSES a narrowing of a bodily passage STENOTIC adj
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
stenosis: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordstenosis: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stenosis: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
stenosis is a valid Words With Friends word