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In achieving Sunday’s feat, Thompson overcame a growing list of health problems, the latest of which is an aortic valve stenosis that’s obstructing blood flow from her heart into her aorta.
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A few hours later, the hospital's sonogram report suggested pyloric stenosis, a condition caused by a tight muscle that prevents food from exiting the stomach and entering the intestines.
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A few hours later, the hospital’s sonogram report suggested pyloric stenosis, a condition caused by a tight muscle that prevents food from exiting the stomach and entering the intestines.
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Origin and Etymology of stenosis
New Latin, from Greek stenōsis act of narrowing, from stenoun to narrow, from stenos narrow
First Known Use: circa 1860
Medical Dictionary
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\-ˌsēz\play: 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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