STENT

stent

(noun) a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

stent (plural stents)

A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus in order to provide support and to prevent disease-induced closure.

Verb

stent (third-person singular simple present stents, present participle stenting, simple past and past participle stented)

(medicine) To insert a stent or tube into a blood vessel.

Etymology 2

See stint.

Noun

stent (plural stents)

(archaic) An allotted portion; a stint.

Verb

stent (third-person singular simple present stents, present participle stenting, simple past and past participle stented)

(archaic) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.

(archaic) To stint; to stop; to cease.

Anagrams

• Netts, netts, tents

Source: Wiktionary

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Stent, v. t. [Obs. imp. Stente; obs. p. p. Stent.] Etym: [See Stint.]

Definition: To keep within limits; to restain; 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.

Definition: To stint; to stop; to cease. And of this cry they would never stenten. Chaucer.

Stent, n.

Definition: An allotted portion; a stint. "Attain'd his journey's stent." Mir. for Mag.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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