GROSS ANATOMY
ANATOMY TERMINOLOGY
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narrowing
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to create a more or less permanent opening
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artery
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hardening
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Detailed explanation-1: -to become less wide or to make something less wide: The road narrows after the bridge. He narrowed his eyes in suspicion.
Detailed explanation-2: -"Narrowing of meaning . . . happens when a word with a general meaning is by degrees applied to something much more specific.
Detailed explanation-3: -Medical Definition stenosis. noun. ste·no·sis stə-ˈnō-səs. plural stenoses-ˌsēz. : a narrowing or constriction of the diameter of a bodily passage or orifice.
Detailed explanation-4: -adj.confined, restricted. adj.intolerant, small-minded. adj.cheap, stingy. verbreduce, simplify.
Detailed explanation-5: -1. of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected. a narrow path. 2. limited in extent or space; affording little room.