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Sclerosis vs Stenosis - What's the difference?

sclerosis | stenosis |

As nouns the difference between sclerosis and stenosis

is that sclerosis is (pathology) the abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery while stenosis is (medicine) an abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.

sclerosis

English

Noun

(scleroses)
  • (pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery.

    • Derived terms

    * arteriosclerosis * atherosclerosis * sclerotic * multiple sclerosis * osteosclerosis

    Related terms

    * sclera

    External links

    * * English words suffixed with -osis

    stenosis

    English

    (wikipedia stenosis)

    Noun

    (stenoses)
  • (medicine) An abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ.