n, pl  -no*ses   :  a narrowing or constriction of the diameter of a bodily passage or orifice <esophageal >  - see AORTIC STENOSIS MITRAL STENOSIS PULMONARY STENOSIS SPINAL STENOSIS SUBAORTIC STENOSIS  .
 
 
 
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