Definitions for: Stent


[n] a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis



Webster (1913) Definition: Stent, v. t. [Obs. imp. Stente; obs. p. p. Stent.]
[See Stint.]
To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or
cease; to stint.

Then would he weep, he might not be stent. --Chaucer.

Yet n'ould she stent Her bitter railing and foul
revilement. --Spenser.


Stent, v. i.
To stint; to stop; to cease.

And of this cry they would never stenten. --Chaucer.


Stent, n.
An allotted portion; a stint. ``Attain'd his journey's
stent.'' --Mir. for Mag.

See Also: tube, tubing

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