stenosis
noun
ste·no·sis
stə-ˈnō-səs 
plural stenoses
stə-ˈnō-ˌsēz
: a narrowing or constriction of the diameter of a bodily passage or orifice
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Watch Stacy's new video about her spinal stenosis above.
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EW.com, 17 June 2024
The procedure is to treat spinal stenosis, a narrowing of spaces in the vertebrae.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2024
Shawn White, 62, is in a wheelchair, and suffers from spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 28 May 2024
By the time she was diagnosed with advanced cervical spinal stenosis in 2013 ― two years after her symptoms began ― her condition had deteriorated.
—The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2024
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EW.com, 17 June 2024
The procedure is to treat spinal stenosis, a narrowing of spaces in the vertebrae.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2024
Shawn White, 62, is in a wheelchair, and suffers from spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 28 May 2024
By the time she was diagnosed with advanced cervical spinal stenosis in 2013 ― two years after her symptoms began ― her condition had deteriorated.
—The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2024
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stenosis
noun
ste·no·sis
stə-ˈnō-səs
plural stenoses
-ˌsēz
: a narrowing or constriction of the diameter of a bodily passage or orifice
esophageal stenosis
see aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis, pulmonary stenosis, spinal stenosis, subaortic stenosis
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