Stenosis
/stɪˈnoʊsɪs/noun
An abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage or opening.
Did you know?Stenosis comes from Greek medical language built on *stenos* (“narrow”), the same root behind words for tightness and constriction in ancient scientific writing.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
στένωσις (stenōsis)
“a narrowing, constriction”
Late Greek
Greek
στενόω (stenoō)
“to make narrow, to straiten”
Ancient Greek
Greek
στενός (stenos)
“narrow, close, confined”
16th-17th Century
Latin
stenosis
“medical or technical term adopted in learned usage”
Modern English
English
stenosis
“abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage or opening”
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