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pulmonary stenosis

pulmonary stenosis

7.2
A narrowing of the opening between the right side of the heart and the blood vessel to the lungs
  • noun
  • /ˈpʌlməˌnɛri stəˈnoʊsɪs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : estenosis pulmonar
  • The child was diagnosed with pulmonary stenosis after a routine heart examination.

Examples

  • Surgery may be necessary to correct severe pulmonary stenosis.

  • Mild cases of pulmonary stenosis often require only regular monitoring.

  • The doctor diagnosed her with pulmonary stenosis.

  • Children can suffer from pulmonary stenosis.

  • The child was diagnosed with pulmonary stenosis after a routine heart examination.

  • Mild cases of pulmonary stenosis often require only regular monitoring.

  • Surgery may be necessary to correct severe pulmonary stenosis.

Synonyms

stenosis
vspulmonary stenosis
  • Specialized
7 9.5

A harmful narrowing of a body passage that blocks flow

is narrowing at the heart outlet from right ventricle into artery to lungs

Surface Forms

pulmonary stenosis singular
pulmonary stenoses plural

Morphology

pulmonary + stenosis

Both constituents are semantically transparent: 'pulmonary' relates to the lungs and 'stenosis' denotes an abnormal narrowing. The compound therefore straightforwardly denotes a narrowing in a lung-related passage (the pulmonary opening/artery), and this compositional medical formation is common cross-linguistically, so a learner who knows the parts can derive the meaning.

Etymology

Pulmonary stenosis is a medical name made of pulmonary (about the lungs) and stenosis (a 'narrowing'). Imagine the heart has a doorway to the lungs that becomes too small so blood cannot pass easily, and that picture explains why pulmonary stenosis means a narrowed opening from the right side of the heart into the artery that goes to the lungs.