combining form of Gr. στενός narrow, occurring in many scientific terms, as Stenobregmate a. Craniol. [Gr. βρέγμα front of the head], having a narrow BREGMA; so Stenobregmatic a. (Dorland, Med. Dict., 1913). ǁ Stenocardia Path. [Gr. καρδία heart], contraction of the heart or its orifices; also angina pectoris (see ANGINA 2); hence Stenocardiac, Stenocardial adjs. Stenocephalic, a. Craniol. [Gr. κεφαλή head], (of a skull) characterized by abnormal or excessive narrowness; so Stenocephalous a. = prec. (Dorland). Stenocephaly, excessive narrowness of the skull. Stenocoronine, a. [Gr. κορώνη crown], having narrow-crowned molar teeth (see quot.). Stenocranial, a. Craniol. [CRANIAL], = stenocephalic. Stenocrotaphy, -krotaphy Craniol. [Gr. κρόταφος temple], excessive narrowness of the temporal region of the skull. Stenoderm, a bat of the genus Stenoderma or of the family Stenodermata, the members of which are characterized by having a contracted wing-membrane; so Stenodermatous a., belonging to the family Stenodermata, resembling a stenoderm. Stenodermine a. = prec.; sb. a stenoderm, Stenometer [-METER], a distance-measurer consisting of a small telescope with a divided object-glass and a micrometer-screw for moving the half-lenses (Cent. Dict. Suppl.). Stenopetalous a. Bot. [PETALOUS], having narrow petals (Paxton, Bot. Dict., 1840). Stenophyllism, -phyllous a. [Gr. στενόφυλλος, f. φύλλον leaf] (see quots.). Stenorhynchous a. [Gr. ῥύγχος beak] having a narrow beak. Stenostomatous a. [Gr. στόμα mouth], having a small mouth (Syd. Soc. Lex., 1898). Stenostomy, the contraction of any mouth or aperture (Ibid.). Stenothermal a. [THERMAL], Zool. (of an animal) capable of living in only a small range of temperature.
1813. Prichard, Phys. Hist. Man. (1826), I. II. iii. 173. I propose to divide the varieties of the skull into three classes…. 1. … mesobregmate … 2. *Stenobregmate: the section of the vertex narrowed; the skull having the appearance of lateral compression…. 3. Platybregmate.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Lex., *Stenocardia.
1898. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., V. 912, note. The symptoms [are] those of increasing ‘stenocardia.’ Ibid. (1899), VI. 54. *Stenocardiac and cardiac muscle failure. Ibid. (1899), VII. 754. Morphine may be given … if there is *stenocardial pain.
1866. J. A. Meigs, Observ. Cranial Forms Amer. Aborigines, 36, heading, Narrow Oval Form (*Stenocephalic.)
1878. Bartley, trans. Topinard’s Anthropol., Index, *Stenocephaly.
1865. H. Falconer, in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc., XXI. 259. I propose therefore to substitute … for the latter [Hippopotamine type] *‘Stenocoronine’ or narrow-crowned type.
1904. Biometrika, March & July, 240. Brachycranial, *stenocranial and chamaecranial.
1884. J. E. Lee, trans. Römer’s Bone Caves of Ojcow, 32. [In this scull] there is some *stenokrotaphy, the frontal margins are very smooth.
1871. Cassell’s Nat. Hist. (1896), I. 336. The *Stenoderms have been divided … into several genera…. The Spectacled Stenoderm is one of the best-known species of this group. Ibid., 337. The Jamaican Stenoderm … is very nearly allied.
1901. Walcott, 22nd Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv., I. 163. The rivers were meandered by using a prismatic compass for directions and a *stenometer for distances.
1904. Giglioli & Guillemard, trans. Beccari’s Wand. Forests Borneo, xx. 305. The action of running water … has brought about a special adaptation in the leaves of many fluviatile plants. To the modification thus produced the term *‘Stenophyllism,’ or ‘narrow-leavedness,’ may be conveniently applied.
1880. Webster, Suppl., *Stenophyllous, having narrow leaves.
1904. Giglioli & Guillemard, trans. Beccari’s Wand. Forests Borneo, App. 392. Stenophyllous Plants.—I have adopted this term for certain plants growing on river banks, or in the beds of torrents, which have linear or else very narrow leaves.
1861. R. E. Grant, Tabular View Rec. Zool., 14. Vespertilionida…. Anhistophorous narrow-jawed (*stenorhynchous), long-headed (macrocephalous).
1881. Semper, Anim. Life, 105. We shall … do well … to designate animals, according to Möbius, the former as eurythermal, the latter as *stenothermal.
