Meaning

suffix

-stenosis

narrowing

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Terms built from -stenosis

2 terms in the TermDecode library use this word part. Where a term’s breakdown names the part, the term is shown split into its parts with -stenosis marked.

  • aortic stenosisaort/o + -stenosisNarrowing of the aortic valve opening that restricts blood flow from the heart to the aorta.
  • stenosisAbnormal narrowing of a passage or opening

Parts that combine with -stenosis

Word parts that appear alongside -stenosis in a library term’s breakdown, with how many terms pair them.

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Words that use -stenosis but do not yet have their own page in the library.

pyloric stenosis

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