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Stenosis vs Meatotomy - What's the difference?

stenosis | meatotomy |

As nouns the difference between stenosis and meatotomy

is that stenosis is (medicine) an abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ while meatotomy is (surgery) a form of penile modification in which the underside of the glans is split, sometimes performed to alleviate meatal stenosis or urethral stricture.

stenosis

Noun

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

    Noun

    (meatotomies)
  • (surgery) A form of penile modification in which the underside of the glans is split, sometimes performed to alleviate meatal stenosis or urethral stricture.