stent
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stent¹
- /stɛnt/
- /stɪnt/ pin pen merger
Sounds like stint · Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
Unclear. Possibly named after dentist Charles Stent. The English surname is a variant of Stein.
noun stents
- A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus in order to provide support and to prevent disease-induced closure. Tiny metal sleeves placed in arteries to keep blood flowing, stents have become such a popular quick fix for clogged coronary vessels that Americans will receive more than 1.5 million of them this year.
verb stents · stenting · stented
- To insert a stent or tube into a blood vessel.
stent²
- /stɛnt/
- /stɪnt/ pin pen merger
Sounds like stint · Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
See stint.
noun stents
- An allotted portion; a stint. The hundred-and-oneth stitch was my stent, and it's done. I'm not ever going to take the hundred and twoth. I've decided.
verb stents · stenting · stented
- To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint. Yet n'ould she stent / Her bitter railing and foule revilement.
- To stint; to stop; to cease.
Stent³
proper noun
- A surname.
Translations
Talk about this word "stent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. stent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/stent "stent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/stent.Cite this
@misc{stent_2026,
title = {stent},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stent},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
