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Stenosis vs Coarctation - What's the difference?

stenosis | coarctation |

In medicine|lang=en terms the difference between stenosis and coarctation

is that stenosis is (medicine) an abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ while coarctation is (medicine) a stenosis, especially of the aorta.

As nouns the difference between stenosis and coarctation

is that stenosis is (medicine) an abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ while coarctation is (medicine) a stenosis, especially of the aorta.

stenosis

English

(wikipedia stenosis)

Noun

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

    • coarctation

    English

    Noun

  • (medicine) A stenosis, especially of the aorta.
  • (obsolete) confinement to a narrow space
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • (obsolete) pressure; that which presses
    • (Ray)