stenosis
stenosis
Definition
ste·no·sis (stə nō′sis)
ste·not′ic (-nät′ik) adjective
stenosis
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- artery: Background: severe stenosis of the carotid artery is often treated by carotid endarterectomy.
- valve: Less commonly, a narrowing or stenosis of the valve can be identified.
- spine: I also suffer from Stenosis of the spine that results in weakness and unsteadiness in my legs.
Converse of object
- have: My husband is disabled; he has a spinal stenosis and various other problems, which affect his mobility considerably.
- cause: Tracking down the gene The researchers aim to find the faulty gene, or genes, that cause pyloric stenosis.
- include: Other causes of inspiratory and expiratory dyspnoea include airway stenosis following trauma, and parasites ( eg Filaroides osleri ) - rare.
- treat: The interventional technique used to treat carotid stenosis has improved and new stents and cerebral protection devices have been developed.
- diagnose: A number of imaging techniques can be used to diagnose renal artery stenosis, all with similar accuracy.
- develop: About 1 % of patients develop pancreatitis and 5 % of those who undergo a sphincterotomy develop late papillary stenosis.
Adjective modifier
- pyloric: Pyloric stenosis can present in the neonatal period in the usual way.
- carotid: Sample groups People with carotid artery stenosis or peripheral vascular disease.
- mitral: Excluded were patients with mitral stenosis, artificial valves or heart transplant.
- aortic: F - the loudness of the murmur bears no relation to the severity of the aortic stenosis.
- foraminal: Nerve Root Blocks may be more useful for Foraminal Stenosis.
- hypertrophic: Surgical management of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis - can it be performed by general surgeons?
Noun used with modifier
- artery: Renal artery stenosis is most common in older people.
- valve: Tritace should not be used in patients with aortic or mitral valve stenosis or outflow obstruction ( see Precautions section below ).
- %: These showed a 60 % stenosis of the left internal carotid artery.
- canal: In the presence of neurological symptoms, an MRI scan is useful to rule out spinal cord compression or spinal canal stenosis.
- root: Further narrowing consequent on disk degeneration and osteoarthrosis may produce neurological symptoms, which may be unilateral ( root canal stenosis ).
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