n., pl., -ses (-sēz).
A constriction or narrowing of a duct or passage; a stricture.
[Greek stenōsis, a narrowing, from stenoun, to narrow, from stenos, narrow.]
stenotic ste·not'ic (-nŏt'ĭk) adj.
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