: a short narrow metal or plastic tube often in the form of a mesh that is inserted into the lumen of an anatomical vessel (such as an artery or a bile duct) especially to keep a previously blocked passageway open
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For Braxton, the loss was especially profound—and compounded by her own health battles, including her ongoing fight with lupus and the recent placement of a stent in her heart to prevent a potentially fatal heart attack.
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 29 Oct. 2024
Instead of surgery, the size of the stent can be adjusted with a minimally invasive procedure through a blood vessel in the groin.
—Jessica Herzberg, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
Consider biomedical researchers who, inspired by the Japanese art of origami, developed foldable medical devices like heart stents that can expand once inserted, enabling less invasive surgery.
—Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
Instead, Synchron deploys a self-expanding stent with electrodes embedded in it to the brain's surface via the jugular vein.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 29 Oct. 2024
Instead of surgery, the size of the stent can be adjusted with a minimally invasive procedure through a blood vessel in the groin.
—Jessica Herzberg, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
Consider biomedical researchers who, inspired by the Japanese art of origami, developed foldable medical devices like heart stents that can expand once inserted, enabling less invasive surgery.
—Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
Instead, Synchron deploys a self-expanding stent with electrodes embedded in it to the brain's surface via the jugular vein.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Stent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stent. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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stent
noun
variants
also stint
1
: a mold formed from a resinous compound and used for holding a surgical graft in place
also
: something (as a pad of gauze immobilized by sutures) used like a stent
2
: 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 bile duct) especially to keep a previously blocked passageway open
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