An abnormal narrowing of the small intestine that can restrict the passage of food and waste.
From Greek 'enteron' (intestine) + 'stenosis' (narrowing, constriction). This medical term combines two ancient Greek roots to describe a specific structural problem in the digestive tract.
Stenosis appears in many medical terms—aortic stenosis, pyloric stenosis—because ancient Greeks were brilliant at describing 'narrowing' as a fundamental disease mechanism that doctors still diagnose today.
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