Found 2 items, similar to stent.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: stent stent n : a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
English → English (gcide) Definition: Stent 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] 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] Stent \Stent\, v. i. To stint; to stop; to cease. [1913 Webster] And of this cry they would never stenten. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Stent \Stent\, n. An allotted portion; a stint. “Attain'd his journey's stent.” --Mir. for Mag. [1913 Webster]