stent

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɛnt/
  • (pin-pen) IPA: /stɪnt/

Noun

stent (plural stents)

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

Translations

• Russian: стент
• Spanish: estent

Verb

stent (stents, present participle stenting; past and past participle stented)

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

Noun

stent (plural stents)

1. (archaic) An allotted portion; a stint.

Verb

stent (stents, present participle stenting; past and past participle stented)

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

   • Yet n'ould she stent / Her bitter railing and foule revilement.

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

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