stenosis

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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

The study centered on low-risk patients with aortic stenosis, a serious heart valve disease.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

There are many with stenosis whose pain increases as they stand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

His son Steve said the cause was aortic stenosis.

From New York Times • May 9, 2024

Phimosis, fī-mō′sis, n. stenosis of the preputial orifice.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various