stenting

English

Etymology 1

Noun

stenting (plural stentings)

  1. (medicine) The surgical act of placing a stent, or supporting tube, into an artery, esophagus, or other passage or conduit in the body.
    The chest pains were relieved by coronary stenting.

Verb

stenting

  1. present participle of stent

Etymology 2

Alternative forms
  • stenton

Noun

stenting (plural stentings)

  1. (Britain, dialectal) An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for stenting in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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