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
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.
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.
See stint.
stent (plural stents)
(archaic) An allotted portion; a stint.
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.
• Netts, netts, tents
Source: Wiktionary
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
25 December 2024
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