How to Use stenosis in a Sentence

stenosis

noun
  • Spinal stenosis keeps him in a wheelchair most of the time.
    — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Spinal stenosis is something that has been with Fao since birth.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Spinal stenosis turned Wright into a shadow of his young self.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Back pain had plagued him for a few years and his doctor diagnosed spinal stenosis.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2017
  • Perhaps the drug could have prevented his friend’s spinal stenosis.
    — Damian Garde, STAT, 18 Nov. 2019
  • My husband is 84 years old and has critical stenosis in his back.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Narrowing of this valve, known as aortic stenosis, impacts blood flow out of the heart.
    — Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Because of stenosis, Gerri walks with a cane, but doesn’t use a wheelchair.
    — Bill Doyle, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Renal artery stenosis is the narrowing of one or both blood vessels to the kidneys.
    — Anju Goel, Verywell Health, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The complaint says he was later diagnosed with spinal stenosis.
    — USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Spinal stenosis is a condition in which the spaces in your spine become narrow.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 4 Oct. 2018
  • Williams was diagnosed with spinal stenosis as a senior in college that kept him away from football.
    — Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Eli and Peyton got evaluated and did not have the same stenosis.
    — Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The weakness and imbalance Lee was having were due to the stenosis.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The blockage sometimes occurs when an artery becomes too narrow for enough blood to pass through it, which is called stenosis.
    — Alyssa Hui, Health, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Strickland watched the testimony from a wheelchair due to his spinal stenosis.
    — CBS News, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Spinal stenosis, which causes the spinal column to tighten, and kyphosis, which causes a curved spine, are two types.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 1 Nov. 2025
  • The cause was aortic stenosis, said her publicist, Bob Merlis.
    — Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Kuhl has severe spinal stenosis, a condition that compresses the nerves in his spinal cord and makes walking painful.
    — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2020
  • Strickland, who has spinal stenosis, watched the testimony from a wheelchair.
    — NBC News, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Spinal Stenosis Spinal stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal column.
    — Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
  • The cause was cardiomyopathy and aortic stenosis, said a son, David Solomon.
    — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020
  • The procedure is to treat spinal stenosis, a narrowing of spaces in the vertebrae.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Spinal stenosis is when the spinal cord itself, or one of the roots coming off the spinal cord, is compressed by hard structures such as the bones and ligaments.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The condition, known in medical terms as aortic valve stenosis, can lead to chest pain, dizziness, blood clots, stroke and heart failure.
    — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2019
  • Bauer, a retired engineer, said her doctor gave her two years to live without the valve to treat aortic valve stenosis, which can cause heart failure.
    — Courtney Perkes, Orange County Register, 10 Feb. 2017
  • His mother was also a blood donor who started giving when Vaughan had surgery to treat pyloric stenosis as a baby.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Terri Tanner is in a nursing home battling spinal stenosis, a narrowing of spaces in the spine.
    — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Despite suffering from spinal stenosis, Etters often worked up to 14 hours a day, which took a toll on his body.
    — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Ben, who grew up in Virginia, developed spinal stenosis as a teenager; a lack of space in the backbone puts pressure on nerves in his spine.
    — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2022

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