stent
IPA: stˈɛnt
noun
- A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus in order to provide support and to prevent disease-induced closure.
- (archaic) An allotted portion; a stint.
- A surname.
verb
- (medicine) To insert a stent or tube into a blood vessel.
- (archaic) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.
- (archaic) To stint; to stop; to cease.
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Examples of "stent" in Sentences
- The doctors implant a stent for the priapism.
- The origin of the word stent remains unsettled.
- The placement of a stent can open the obstruction.
- Also placement of permanent indwelling biliary stents.
- The second was during the angioplasty and stent insertion.
- The stent is usually inserted with the aid of a cystoscope.
- When the cardiologist inflates the balloon it expands the stent.
- The major advancement in restenosis prevention is the use of stents.
- A damper on the immediate use of intracoronary stents was subacute thrombosis.
- It is absorbed directly by the venous tissue in contact with the stent matrix