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The correct spelling is stents.
How to pronounce stents
noun
IPA: /stɛnts/
Say it like: Ste-nts
The correct spelling is stents. A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus in order to provide support and to prevent disease-induced closure.
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Meanings
noun
- 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.
- 2.An allotted portion; a stint.
verb
- 1.To insert a stent or tube into a blood vessel.
- 2.To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.
- 3.To stint; to stop; to cease.
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