stent

/stษ›nt/

IPA: /S T EH1 N T/

noun
  1. 1

    A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus in order to provide support and to prevent disease-induced closure.

verb
  1. 1

    To insert a stent or tube into a blood vessel.

noun
  1. 1

    An allotted portion; a stint.

verb
  1. 1

    To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.

  2. 2

    To stint; to stop; to cease.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stent