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tent [ tent ]


noun  (plural tents)
Definition:
 
plug for wound: a cone-shaped expandable plug of soft material such as gauze used to keep a wound or orifice open



transitive verb  (past and past participle tent·ed, present participle tent·ing, 3rd person present singular tents)
Definition:
 
insert tent: to open or expand a wound or orifice with a tent

[14th century. < French tente< tenter< Latin temptare "feel, try"]
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