stent

American  

[stent] / stɛnt /

noun

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

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stent British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of stent

First recorded in 1960–65; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Ms. Stent is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of “Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

“He thought it would raise much more domestic opposition,” I was told by Angela Stent, author of “Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest.”

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2022

Eventually, Mark "Spike" Stent - a producer who had worked with Massive Attack and Madonna - was called in to knock the song into shape.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2021

The English record producer Spike Stent — who has won five Grammys for his collaborations with Madonna, Beyoncé, Muse, Frank Ocean and Ed Sheeran — has sold his traditional-style home in Encino for $2.65 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2020

Then he was the only Dane working with phage and so was quite pleased that I and Gunther Stent, a phage worker from Delbriick’s lab, had come to do research with Herman.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson