stent

[stent]

noun

1. Medicine/Medical.,  a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.

stent

/ stɛnt /

noun

1. med a tube of plastic or sprung metal mesh placed inside a hollow tube to reopen it or keep it open; uses in surgery include preventing a blood vessel from closing, esp after angioplasty, and assisting healing after an anastomosis

Word History and Origins

Origin of stent¹

First recorded in 1960–65; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of stent¹

C19: after Charles Stent (1807–85), English dentist

Example Sentences

A stent is a small tube that helps open up a blocked artery.

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Grace's preparations for her 250th run hit a snag when she had a stent fitted four weeks ago, but she only missed one week during her recovery.

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He added that while surgeons used stents to protect the tubes, these could cause significant pain as well as bleeding and needed a second procedure to remove them.

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He was fitted with a stent in his chest and he was put on dialysis.

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It also criticises India's sluggish approval process for genetically modified products and price caps on stents and implants.

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