stenting
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]stenting (countable and uncountable, plural stentings)
- (medicine) The surgical act of placing a stent, or supporting tube, into an artery, esophagus, or other passage or conduit in the body.
- The chest pains were relieved by coronary stenting.
Verb
[edit]stenting
- present participle and gerund of stent
Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]stenting (plural stentings)
- (UK, dialect) An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
- 1844, David Thomas Ansted, Geology, Introductory, Descriptive and Practical:
- It is usual , in such case , to drive two parallel headways , which communicate with one another by cross - cuts , called stentings, through which the air being conducted , a circulation is immediately established
References
[edit]- “stenting”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.