Definition of "stent" [stent]

• A device used to support a bodily orifice or cavity during skin grafting or to immobilize a skin graft following placement. (noun)
• A slender thread, rod, or catheter inserted into a tubular structure, such as a blood vessel, to provide support during or after anastomosis. (noun)

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• "This morning, we deployed what we call a stent in Mr. Cheney's diagonal artery."
• "Dad's a representative for a company that makes cardiovascular surgery stuff (he specializes in stent grafts), so there are local hospitals where he's very familiar with the staff, and if he's having surgery, he's having it at one of those; this just happened to be the hospital across the street from the restaurant."
• "Short version: yes, stent is out, I have antibiotics for three days, just to be safe ... but it's over."