Stenting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stenting is a noun meaning (medicine) The surgical act of placing a stent, or supporting tube, into an artery, esophagus, or other passage or conduit in the body.
Meaning
(medicine) The surgical act of placing a stent, or supporting tube, into an artery, esophagus, or other passage or conduit in the body.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of stent
- (UK, dialect) An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
Example Sentences
The chest pains were relieved by coronary stenting.
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
Word Forms
- stentings
- stenton
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include frame, stentectomy, stentgraft, angiostomy, dogboning, stoma.
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