στένωσις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στενόω (stenóō, to confine, to contract) +‎ -σις (-sis, nominal suffix), from στενός (stenós, narrow) +‎ -όω (-óō, to make someone do or be something).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στένωσῐς (sténōsisf (genitive στενώσεως); third declension

  1. A being straitened, narrowing.

Inflection

Descendants

  • English: stenosis

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