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A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indi…

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  1. n. A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.
  2. n. abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
  3. A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.
  4. A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, ororifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture inbeing applied especially to diffused rather than localizedcontractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and notspasmodic.
  5. n:100 n. abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway