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top: A balloon catheter with a stent is inserted into a clogged artery.center: The balloon is inflated, expanding the stent.bottom: The stent is placed and the balloon catheter removed, keeping the artery open.

stent

 (stĕnt)
n.
1. A device used to support a bodily orifice or cavity during skin grafting or to immobilize a skin graft following placement.
2. A short tubular device made of wire mesh or fabric that is placed permanently in an anatomical passage, usually an artery during angioplasty, to keep it open after occlusion.

[After Charles R. Stent (1845-1901), British dentist.]
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stent

(stɛnt)
n
(Surgery) med a tube of plastic or sprung metal mesh placed inside a hollow tube to reopen it or keep it open; uses in surgery include preventing a blood vessel from closing, esp after angioplasty, and assisting healing after an anastomosis
[C19: after Charles Stent (1807–85), English dentist]
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stent

(stɛnt)
n.
Med. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
[1960–65; orig. uncertain]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.stent - a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
tube, tubing - conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
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Translations

stent

n stent m; malla cilíndrica para mantener abierto un conducto, una arteria o una vena; bare-metal — stent de metal desnudo; drug-eluting — stent liberador de fármaco(s)
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Going to the edge of the pit, I found it occupied by a group of about half a dozen men--Henderson, Ogilvy, and a tall, fair-haired man that I afterwards learned was Stent, the Astronomer Royal, with several workmen wielding spades and pickaxes.
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All segments of the stent parts including inner surface, outer surface and the stent tip were washed with 1 mL sterile tryptic soy broth solution and then the liquid culture medium was vortexed for 1 minute to enable the detection of microorganisms attached to the outer surface of the catheter segment.
A 38-year-old woman with May-Thurner syndrome underwent left common iliac vein self-expanding nitinol stent placement.
'We get a top quality stent for Rs100,000, and after including balloons, medicines and fees each procedure costs Rs200,000, compared to Rs250,000 in private hospitals.
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A coronary stent is a tube-shaped device placed in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart, to keep the arteries open in the treatment of coronary heart disease.
ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court (SC), on Monday, heard the suo moto case against sub-standard stent selling in Pakistan.
The available options for palliative therapy of malignant biliary tree obstruction include choledochojejunostomy, percutaneous external/ internal drainage or metallic stent placement, and endoscopic techniques.
Coronary stent fracture is defined as a discontinuation of any part of the stent structure seen on angiogram.