stent

[ stent ]

/ stɛnt /

noun

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

Nearby words

stenotopic, stenotype, stenotypy, stenoxenous, stensen's duct, stent, stentor, stentorian, stentorious, step, step aerobics

Origin of stent

First recorded in 1960–65; origin uncertain

Can be confused

stent stint

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Examples from the Web for stent

This can lead to the very heart attack that placing the stent was trying to prevent.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Risky Heart Surgery|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Leno asked about his recent cardiovascular surgery in which doctors installed a stent to open up a clogged artery.
W. Charms on the ‘Tonight’ Show|Lloyd Grove|November 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Yet the number of angioplasties and stent placements performed has increased, not decreased.
The Real Fight Over Health Care Should Be Against Diabetes and Obesity|Mark Hyman, MD|March 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I found myself alone, and saw the people on the other side of the pit running off, Stent among them.
The War of the Worlds|H. G. Wells

Nan was sitting at the window inside, knitting her stent on a blue stocking.
The Pot of Gold|Mary E. Wilkins
Stent soon had to go to sea, but suggested an ingenious arrangement for the future.
The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I.|Sir Leslie Stephen
The time that the farm-boy gets for his own is usually at the end of a stent.
Being a Boy|Charles Dudley Warner
If she were not playing, she had to sew or study or dust, or read a stent in a story-book.
The Green Door|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for stent

stent

/ (stɛnt) /

noun

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 Origin for stent

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

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Medicine definitions for stent

stent

[ stĕnt ]

n.

A device that is used to maintain a bodily orifice or cavity during skin grafting, or to immobilize a skin graft following placement.

A slender thread, rod, or catheter placed within the lumen of tubular structures, such as a blood vessel, to provide support during or after anastomosis.