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| tent [ tent ] |
noun (plural tents) |
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plug for wound: a cone-shaped expandable plug of soft material such as gauze used to keep a wound or orifice open
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transitive verb (past and past participle tent·ed, present participle tent·ing, 3rd person present singular tents) |
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insert tent: to open or expand a wound or orifice with a tent
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| [14th century. < French tente< tenter< Latin temptare "feel, try"] |
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