stent
/stɛnt/ · noun
Meaning
- A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus in order to provide support and to prevent disease-induced closure.
- To insert a stent or tube into a blood vessel.
- An allotted portion; a stint.
- To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.
- To stint; to stop; to cease.
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