noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/stɪˈnəʊ.sɪs/
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General-American:/stəˈnoʊ.sɪs/
rhymes with -əʊsɪs
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A reduction in either mental or physical capacity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
تَضَيُّق
(taḍayyuq)
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Catalan:
estenosi
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Chinese Mandarin:
狹窄 /狭窄
(xiázhǎi)
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Chinese Mandarin:
狹窄症 /狭窄症
(xiázhǎizhèng)
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Czech:
stenóza
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Dutch:
adervernauwing
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Finnish:
ahtauma
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Finnish:
stenoosi
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
French:
sténose
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
German:
Stenose
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Hungarian:
sztenózis
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Hungarian:
szűkület
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Malay:
stenosis
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Portuguese:
estenose
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Portuguese:
coarctação
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Slovak:
stenóza
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Spanish:
estenosis
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Swedish:
stenos
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Turkish:
stenoz
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Turkish:
darlık
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
Ukrainian:
стено́з
(stenóz)
— abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
