Stent Definition
stĕnt
stents
noun
A device used to support a bodily orifice or cavity during skin grafting or to immobilize a skin graft following placement.
American Heritage Medicine
Any of various materials or devices used to hold tissue in place; esp., a tubular device implanted inside a blood vessel to keep the vessel open.
Webster's New World
A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus in order to provide support and to prevent disease-induced closure.
Wiktionary
(archaic) An allotted portion; a stint.
Wiktionary
verb
(archaic) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.
Wiktionary
(archaic) To stint; to stop; to cease.
Wiktionary
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Origin of Stent
After Charles R. Stent (1845–1901), British dentist
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Unclear. Possibly named after dentist Charles Stent.
From Wiktionary
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See stint.
From Wiktionary
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