(n.) A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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