: 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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The actress, who has undergone two procedures to insert stents in her heart, is a fixture at the AHA event, having walked the carpet and down the runway in years past.
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Michelle Lee, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Two stents were placed inside the artery as part of a medical procedure that is common for people with severe heart disease.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
In 2004, Clinton underwent a quadruple bypass operation at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and returned to the same hospital in 2010 for another heart procedure, during which two stents were inserted into a coronary artery.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
By the time Jack, Hope, and Doc make it by car, an exhausted Mel tells them that Everett’s in surgery to have a stent placed.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Michelle Lee, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Two stents were placed inside the artery as part of a medical procedure that is common for people with severe heart disease.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
In 2004, Clinton underwent a quadruple bypass operation at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and returned to the same hospital in 2010 for another heart procedure, during which two stents were inserted into a coronary artery.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
By the time Jack, Hope, and Doc make it by car, an exhausted Mel tells them that Everett’s in surgery to have a stent placed.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Stent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stent. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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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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