stent1
/stɛnt
/noun
1 Medicine A splint placed temporarily inside a duct, canal, or blood vessel to aid healing or relieve an obstruction.Research has focused on developing methods to reduce or eliminate the potential for restenosis, including drug-eluting stents and radiation therapy....
- Complications, however, included migration of the stent, occlusion of the stent and obstructions of the cystic duct.
- A ureteral stent was placed to relieve the obstruction.
1.1An impression or cast of a part or body cavity, used to maintain pressure so as to promote healing, especially of a skin graft.
2 [mass noun] (also Stents) trademark A substance used in dentistry for taking impressions of the teeth.
Origin
Late 19th century: from the name of Charles T. Stent (1807–85), English dentist. The sense 'splint' dates from the 1960s.
Rhymes
stent2
/stɛnt/historical, chiefly Scottish
noun
1An assessment of property made for purposes of taxation: [as modifier]: it was recorded in the stent book
1.1The amount or value assessed; a tax: the next stent is to pay 5 sterling to Allexr
verb [with object]
Assess and charge (a person or a community) for purposes of taxation: stent the Parish of Kildaltan in the ascertained sum
Origin
Middle English: from Old French estente 'valuation', related to Anglo-Norman French extente (see extent).