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| stent [ stent ] (plural stents) |
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device for keeping bodily tubes open: an open tubular structure of stainless steel or plastic that is inserted into an artery or another bodily tube to keep it from becoming blocked by disease
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| [Mid-20th century. After Charles T. Stent (1807-1885), British dentist] |
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