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Meaning of stenting | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The surgical act of placing a stent, or supporting tube, into an artery, esophagus, or other passage or conduit in the body.
    countable, uncountable
  2. An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
    UK, dialectal

Examples

“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”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Stenton Stentor Stentorian stentorianness stentorin stentoriousness

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