How to Use stenosis in a Sentence
stenosis
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Spinal stenosis is the narrowing of spaces in the spine.
— Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com, 14 May 2021 -
Spinal stenosis is something that has been with Fao since birth.
— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022 -
The weakness and imbalance Lee was having were due to the stenosis.
— Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Jan. 2022 -
Watch Stacy's new video about her spinal stenosis above.
— EW.com, 17 June 2024 -
Out of the blue, in 2014, Mike suffered a sudden spinal cord injury and crippling back stenosis.
— Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 28 May 2023 -
Because of stenosis, Gerri walks with a cane, but doesn’t use a wheelchair.
— Bill Doyle, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2020 -
Back pain had plagued him for a few years and his doctor diagnosed spinal stenosis.
— Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2017 -
Cervical stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal canal in the neck, according to the Mayo Clinic.
— Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2018 -
Helen, 78, has had a slow-growing, painful cancer of the small intestine for the past 20 years, along with spinal stenosis.
— Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 6 Feb. 2018 -
My husband is 84 years old and has critical stenosis in his back.
— Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2023 -
She was diagnosed with spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal canal that can cause pain and numbness, in 2007.
— Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2021 -
Eli and Peyton got evaluated and did not have the same stenosis.
— Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2023 -
The cause was cardiomyopathy and aortic stenosis, said a son, David Solomon.
— Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020 -
Perhaps the drug could have prevented his friend’s spinal stenosis.
— Damian Garde, STAT, 18 Nov. 2019 -
Spinal stenosis is when the spinal cord itself, or one of the roots coming off the spinal cord, is compressed by hard structures such as the bones and ligaments.
— Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 12 Oct. 2022 -
The cause was aortic stenosis, said her publicist, Bob Merlis.
— Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2017 -
The narrowing is the result of spinal stenosis, a condition with which Vander Esch was born.
— Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2020 -
Spinal stenosis is a condition in which the spaces in your spine become narrow.
— Korin Miller, SELF, 4 Oct. 2018 -
The blockage sometimes occurs when an artery becomes too narrow for enough blood to pass through it, which is called stenosis.
— Alyssa Hui, Health.com, 15 Mar. 2022 -
Ben, who grew up in Virginia, developed spinal stenosis as a teenager; a lack of space in the backbone puts pressure on nerves in his spine.
— Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2022 -
Despite suffering from spinal stenosis, Etters often worked up to 14 hours a day, which took a toll on his body.
— Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 10 Sep. 2021 -
Kuhl has severe spinal stenosis, a condition that compresses the nerves in his spinal cord and makes walking painful.
— Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2020 -
Williams was diagnosed with spinal stenosis as a senior in college that kept him away from football.
— Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 14 Dec. 2017 -
But Bridges had been born with a common genetic heart defect: aortic valve stenosis, a mutation of the valve in the heart’s main artery, the aorta.
— Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023 -
The procedure is to treat spinal stenosis, a narrowing of spaces in the vertebrae.
— David Matthews, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2024 -
Strickland watched the testimony from a wheelchair due to his spinal stenosis.
— CBS News, 9 Nov. 2021 -
In 1992, he was diagnosed with spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal canal that can cause numbness and muscle weakness.
— Jeré Longman, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2020 -
The complaint says he was later diagnosed with spinal stenosis.
— USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2017 -
Terri Tanner is in a nursing home battling spinal stenosis, a narrowing of spaces in the spine.
— Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022 -
Also, by any chance, would the high amount of D3 in my system have any correlation to a diagnosis of stenosis of the aortic valve?
— Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2023
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