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adj. - Abnormally constricted body canal or passage.

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Usage examples (21)
  • When they do, your uterus can become stenotic, or “too tight” to function.
  • This causes it to become rigid and narrow, a condition known as a “stenotic cervix.”
  • I saw three yesterday who had had the off-bypass surgery and their vessels were stenotic or they'd narrowed down.
  • Peggy McCann, RDCS: In patients with a big VSD, with serious overriding of the aorta, and seriously stenotic pulmonary valve.
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