restenosis

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ stenosis.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːstɪˈnəʊsɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹistɪˈnoʊsɪs/
• Hyphenation: re‧ste‧no‧sis

Noun

restenosis (countable and uncountable, plural restenoses)

1. (pathology) The recurrence of stenosis, especially that of an artery. [from 20th c.]
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 126:

     Marathe's wife was dying slowly of ventricular restenosis.

Derived terms

• antirestenosis
• antirestenotic
• restenostic