MITRAL STENOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mitral stenosis mean? 

• MITRAL STENOSIS (noun)
  The noun MITRAL STENOSIS has 1 sense:

1. obstruction or narrowing of the mitral valve (as by scarring from rheumatic fever)

  Familiarity information: MITRAL STENOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MITRAL STENOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

mitral stenosis; mitral valve stenosis

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)