Usually means: Device to keep vessels open.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. stent: Merriam-Webster
  2. Stent, stent, stent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. stent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stent: Vocabulary.com
  6. Stent, stent: Wordnik
  7. stent: Wiktionary
  8. stent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. stent: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. stent: Dictionary.com
  11. stent: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Stent (surname), Stent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Stent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. stent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. stent: Rhymezone
  16. Stent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. stent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. stent: FreeDictionary.org
  19. stent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. stent: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. Stent: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Stent: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. stent: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  7. Medical Device Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  8. Stent: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  9. stent: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  10. Stent: The Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  11. stent: Medical dictionary
  12. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  13. Stent (skin grafting, etc), Stent (tubular structures): Whonamedit.com
  14. Stent: Drug Medical Dictionary
  15. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See stenting as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus in order to provide support and to prevent disease-induced closure.
verb:  (medicine) To insert a stent or tube into a blood vessel.
noun:  (archaic) An allotted portion; a stint.
verb:  (archaic) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.
verb:  (archaic) To stint; to stop; to cease.
noun:  A surname.

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