'Stent' definitions:
Definition of 'stent'
(from WordNet)
noun
A slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
Definition of 'Stent'
From: GCIDE
- Stent \Stent\, v. i. To stint; to stop; to cease. [1913 Webster]
- And of this cry they would never stenten. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stent'
From: GCIDE
- Stent \Stent\, n. An allotted portion; a stint. "Attain'd his journey's stent." --Mir. for Mag. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stent'
From: GCIDE
- Stent \Stent\, v. t. [Obs. imp. Stente; obs. p. p. Stent.] [See Stint.] To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint. [1913 Webster]
- Then would he weep, he might not be stent. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Yet n'ould she stent Her bitter railing and foul revilement. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stent'
From: GCIDE
- Stent \Stent\, v. t. [Obs. imp. Stente; obs. p. p. Stent.] [See Stint.] To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint. [1913 Webster]
- Then would he weep, he might not be stent. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Yet n'ould she stent Her bitter railing and foul revilement. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]