stenting

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Definitions

verb

To insert a stent or tube into a blood vessel.

verb

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

noun

The surgical act of placing a stent, or supporting tube, into an artery, esophagus, or other passage or conduit in the body.“The chest pains were relieved by coronary stenting.”

noun

An opening in a wall in a coal mine.

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Synonyms

frame stentectomy stentgraft angiostomy dogboning stoma stegnosis anastomosis endostapler enterostomy vasostomy angio ureterostenosis sternotomy tracheostomy stapedotomy

Rhymes

unrelenting dissenting tormenting lamenting disorienting implementing augmenting venting repenting presenting

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