STENT


Meaning of STENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstent ]

noun

Etymology: Charles Thomas Stent died 1885 English dentist

Date: 1961

: a short narrow metal or plastic tube often in the form of a mesh that is inserted into the lumen of an anatomical vessel (as an artery or a bile duct) especially to keep a previously blocked passageway open

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.