stenosis

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Aortic stenosis is mostly a disease of aging, but it occurs in younger people too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Left untreated, severe aortic stenosis can lead to heart failure and death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

She started donating after Nigel underwent life saving surgery as a baby to treat pyloric stenosis, a serious condition affecting newborns where the passage between the stomach and the small bowel becomes narrower.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

This condition, often termed radiation-induced vaginal stenosis, involves the development of scar tissue that makes the vagina shorter, narrower, drier, and less flexible which can trigger cuts and damage to the tissue.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

If the ulceration reaches the cartilage, cicatricial stenosis is almost certain to follow.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier