About The Word Stent
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Stent
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What's The Definition Of Stent?
[n] a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
Synonyms | Synonyms for Stent: Related Terms | Find terms related to Stent: Stent In Webster's Dictionary \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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