steno-, sten-

A reference to organisms that only live in oceanic waters of comparatively unchanging high salinity: Polystenohaline plants and animals exist best in sea water with a consistent and great amount of saltiness.

1. Narrowing of a nasal passage.
2. Permanent constriction of the nose or nasal cavity.

Stenosis marked by hardening or thickening of tissue.

Stenosis, occlusion, or narrowing, of a duct of a major salivary gland.

1. Tolerant of a narrow range of atmospheric or hydrostatic pressures.
2. Animals adaptable only to small differences in pressure or altitude.

Limited to or able to live only within a narrow range of water depths. A reference to aquatic organisms.

Having a narrow vertical range of distribution.

An organism that lives within a narrow range of depth on the sea bottom or lake bed: Mike listened to the lecture the biology professor was giving on the topic of stenobenthos, the living things that dwell inside a limited scope of depth in the deepness of an ocean.

A reference to an organism requiring a stable uniform habitat.

A reference to an organism requiring a stable uniform habitat.

Having a narrow anterior and upper head form.

Angina pectoris.

Having stenocephaly.

An abnormal narrowness of the head.

1. Having a narrow range of distribution.
2. A plant that has a restricted distribution.