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STENOTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stenotic mean?
• STENOTIC (adjective)
The adjective STENOTIC has 1 sense:
1. abnormally constricted body canal or passage
Familiarity information: STENOTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormally constricted body canal or passage
Synonyms:
stenosed; stenotic
Context example:
a stenosed coronary artery
Similar:
constricted (drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically)
Domain category:
pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)
Derivation:
stenosis (abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway)
Context examples
Terminology used to describe the part of the graft that is most severely stenotic.
(CDISC SDTM Location of Most Severe Stenosis Within a Graft Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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