How to Pronounce Urethral Meatal Stenosis

Say it like this: yoo-REE-thral MEE-ah-tal steh-NOH-sis. The stress falls on the second syllable of the first word (REE) and the third syllable of the last word (NOH). Think of it as three medical words strung together, with 'urethral' being the heaviest emphasis.

Urethral (yoo-REE-thral) relates to the urethra, which is the tube that carries urine out of the body. The word comes from Greek and is used to describe anything involving that tube.

Meatal (MEE-ah-tal) refers to the meatus, which is the opening or hole at the end of the urethra where urine comes out. The word comes from Latin and means 'passage' or 'opening.'

Stenosis (steh-NOH-sis) is a medical term that means abnormal narrowing of a passage or opening in the body. It comes from Greek and is used in many medical conditions whenever something gets too narrow.

Break it like this: u-RE-thral / ME-a-tal / ste-NO-sis. That's 3 syllables, then 3 syllables, then 3 syllables. Saying each part separately first can help you master the full phrase.

Many people stress the wrong syllable in 'urethral,' saying uh-ruh-THRAL instead of yoo-REE-thral. Remember: the stress goes on the second syllable (REE), and the first syllable sounds like 'yoo,' not 'uh.'

It simply means the opening at the end of the urine tube has become abnormally narrow. This term describes the condition without explaining why it happened or how to treat it.

Other medical words ending in 'stenosis' include pyloric stenosis (narrowing of part of the stomach), aortic stenosis (narrowing of the heart's aorta valve), and spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spine). All of these use 'stenosis' to mean abnormal narrowing of some body passage.