STENT

Stent

In the technical vocabulary of medicine, a stent is a mesh 'tube' inserted into a natural passage/conduit in the body to prevent or counteract a disease-induced, localized flow constriction. The term may also refer to a tube used to temporarily hold such a natural conduit open to allow access for surgery.

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stent

Noun

  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.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. An allotted portion; a stint.

Verb

  1. To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.
  2. To stint; to stop; to cease.


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