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

(medicine) To insert a stent or tube into a blood vessel.

(archaic) An allotted portion; a stint.

(archaic) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint. / (archaic) To stint; to stop; to cease.

simple past tense and past participle of stent

plural of stent

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stent

(medicine) The surgical act of placing a stent, or supporting tube, into an artery, esophagus, or other passage or conduit in the body.

present participle of stent

(UK, dialect) An opening in a wall in a coal mine.