angiostenosis

Term: angiostenosis

Literally meaning: “vessel narrowing”

Origin: Anc Greek

αγγείο/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) >  άγγος/aggos(=tube)

+ στείνω/steino/ (=to constrict, to narrow, to concentrate)

+ (-ωσις)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting “process” or “state”)

Coined/History

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Definition

The narrowing of one blood vessel caliber.