stenosis

noun

A constriction or narrowing of a duct or passage; a stricture.

noun

The pathological narrowing of a passage.

noun

A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.

noun

An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.

noun

abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway