stent

Definitions

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.
   archaic
3. A surname.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level