| Pronunciation: | | st'ent
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis |
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STENT is a 5 letter word that starts with S. |
| | See Also: | | tube, tubing |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Stent\, v. t. [Obs. imp. {Stente}; obs. p. p. {Stent}.]
[See {Stint}.]
To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or
cease; to stint.
Then would he weep, he might not be stent. --Chaucer.
Yet n'ould she stent Her bitter railing and foul
revilement. --Spenser.
\Stent\, v. i.
To stint; to stop; to cease.
And of this cry they would never stenten. --Chaucer.
\Stent\, n.
An allotted portion; a stint. ``Attain'd his journey's
stent.'' --Mir. for Mag.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A device placed in a body structure (such as a blood vessel or the gastrointestinal tract) to provide support and keep the structure open. |
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