狭きょう窄さく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, na-adjective

contraction; narrowing

General term for physical or metaphorical narrowing, constriction, or contraction. Can be used as a noun, suru-verb (intransitive), or adjectival noun.

• 血けっ管かんが狭きょう窄さくすると、血けつ流りゅうが悪わるくなる。

  When blood vessels narrow, blood flow worsens.

• 市し場じょうの狭きょう窄さくが経けい済ざいに影えい響きょうを与あたえている。

  The contraction of the market is affecting the economy.

noun

stricture; stenosis

Medical term for an abnormal narrowing of a tubular structure, such as a blood vessel or duct.

• この患かん者じゃは大だい動どう脈みゃく弁べん狭きょう窄さく症しょうと診しん断だんされた。

  This patient was diagnosed with aortic valve stenosis.