MITRAL STENOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Obstruction or narrowing of the mitral valve (as by scarring from rheumatic fever)

Synonyms:

mitral stenosis; mitral valve stenosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("mitral stenosis" is a kind of...):

stenosis; stricture (abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway)

valvular heart disease (heart disease caused by stenosis of the cardiac valves and obstructed blood flow or caused by degeneration and blood regurgitation)

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