Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stent

/stɛnt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables: stent
IPA: /stɛnt/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus in order to provide support and to prevent disease-induced closure.

verb

To insert a stent or tube into a blood vessel.

noun

An allotted portion; a stint.

Archaic

verb

To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.

Archaic

verb

To stint; to stop; to cease.

Archaic

name

Example Sentences

"Tiny metal sleeves placed in arteries to keep blood flowing, stents have become such a popular quick fix for clogged coronary vessels that Americans will receive more than 1.5 million of them this year."
"The hundred-and-oneth stitch was my stent, and it's done. I'm not ever going to take the hundred and twoth. I've decided."
"Yet n'ould she stent / Her bitter railing and foule revilement."

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly named after dentist Charles Stent. The English surname is a variant of Stein.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

stents (plural) stents (present, singular) stenting (participle, present) stented (participle, past) stented (past)

Derived Forms

intrastent microstent poststent stentectomy stented stentgraft stentless unstented

Homonyms

stint

Rhymes With

went event sent percent spent meant non-event cent prevent rent represent extent

Questions

How do you pronounce stent?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɛnt/.
What does stent mean?: A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus in order to provide support and to prevent disease-induced closure.
Where does stent come from?: Unclear. Possibly named after dentist Charles Stent. The English surname is a variant of Stein.

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