stenosis
/stəˈnoʊ.sɪs/noun
stenosis is spelled S-T-E-N-O-S-I-S: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stenosis means “An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stenosis is stenoses.
How many letters and syllables are in stenosis?
| Letters | 8: S-T-E-N-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,998th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is stenosis?
Stenosis appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce stenosis?
- UK /stɪˈnəʊ.sɪs/
- US /stəˈnoʊ.sɪs/
Stenosis has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-stenosis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with stenosis?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as stenosis from its last stressed vowel (/oʊsɪs/):
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- psychosis
- fibrosis
- apoptosis
- necrosis
- thrombosis
- osmosis
- symbiosis
- scoliosis
- mitosis
- neurosis
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of stenosis
- stenoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stenosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.
- 2
A reduction in either mental or physical capacity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stenosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sténose |
| German | Stenose |
| Portuguese | estenose, coarctação |
| Spanish | estenosis |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does stenosis come from?
From New Latin stenōsis, from Ancient Greek στένωσις (sténōsis, “narrowing”), from στενόω (stenóō, “to confine, to contract”) + -σις (-sis, nominal suffix), equivalent to steno- + -osis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).