stent
verb
- to insert a stent to prevent closure
noun
- metal or plastic tube inserted into the lumen of an anatomic vessel or duct to keep the passageway open, and stenting is the placement of a stent.
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /stɛnt/ / /stɪnt/
name
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: See stint.
- An allotted portion; a stint.
“The hundred-and-oneth stitch was my stent, and it's done. I'm not ever going to take the hundred and twoth. I've decided.”
verb
Etymology: See stint.
- To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.
“Yet n'ould she stent / Her bitter railing and foule revilement.”
- To stint; to stop; to cease.