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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STENT

After Charles Stent (1807–85), English dentist.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STENT

stent  [stɛnt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stent is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Stent

In the technical vocabulary of medicine, a stent is a mesh 'tube' inserted into a natural passage/conduit in the body to prevent or counteract a disease-induced, localized flow constriction. The term may also refer to a tube used to temporarily hold such a natural conduit open to allow access for surgery.

Definition of stent in the English dictionary

The definition of stent in the dictionary is a tube of plastic or sprung metal mesh placed inside a hollow tube to reopen it or keep it open; uses in surgery include preventing a blood vessel from closing, esp after angioplasty, and assisting healing after an anastomosis.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STENT


bent
bɛnt
cent
sɛnt
comment
ˈkɒmɛnt
content
ˈkɒntɛnt
detent
dɪˈtɛnt
discontent
ˌdɪskənˈtɛnt
distent
dɪsˈtɛnt
event
ɪˈvɛnt
extent
ɪkˈstɛnt
intent
ɪnˈtɛnt
malcontent
ˈmælkənˌtɛnt
meant
mɛnt
portent
ˈpɔːtɛnt
prevent
prɪˈvɛnt
rent
rɛnt
represent
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt
sent
sɛnt
spent
spɛnt
tent
tɛnt
went
wɛnt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STENT

stenopetalous
stenophagous
stenophyllous
stenosed
stenoses
stenosis
stenotherm
stenothermal
stenotic
stenotopic
stenotropic
Stenotype
stenotyper
stenotypic
stenotypist
stenotypy
stentmaster
stentor
stentorian
stentour

WORDS THAT END LIKE STENT

blood alcohol content
competent
consistent
existent
impotent
inadvertent
incompetent
inconsistent
inexistent
information content
insistent
intermittent
latent
letters patent
nonexistent
patent
penitent
persistent
potent
protein content

Synonyms and antonyms of stent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STENT

Find out the translation of stent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

支架
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

stent
570 millions of speakers

English

stent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्टेंट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدعامة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стент
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

stent
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

stent
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

stent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Stent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ステント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스텐트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ống đỡ động mạch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்டென்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्टंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

stent
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stent
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стент
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stent
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

στεντ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STENT»

The term «stent» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.894 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STENT»

Discover the use of stent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Stent-grafts: Current Clinical Practice
The first comprehensive review of the diverse applications of stent grafts, this new work provides a detailed guide to this rapidly growing field.
Bart L. Dolmatch, 2000
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Novel Asymmetric Stent for Cerebral Aneurysm Treatment, ...
Minimally invasive treatments for cerebral aneurysms have gained importance over the past few years.
Hussain Soaeb Rangwala, 2007
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The Adoption of Drug-eluting Cardiac Stent Technology: An ...
In this analysis, 55% of physicians adopted DES for at least 10% of their stent placements within 5 weeks of FDA approval, producing an almost vertical adoption curve for every, suggesting extremely rapid adoption and possible over-adoption ...
Cormac T. O'Sullivan, 2008
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General Thoracic Surgery
Theinitial step in the evaluation of patients for esophageal stent insertion is determining the degree of dysphagia and the ultimate intention of treatment. In most patients, the esophageal stent will be used primarily for palliation from dysphagia ...
Thomas W. Shields, Joseph LoCicero, Carolyn E. Reed, 2009
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Development of Asymmetric Stent Designs, And, Validation ...
stent”. Most of the previous research was conducted on the commercially available coronary stent designs. These designs will be termed as symmetric stents to differentiate them from the asymmetric stents. Liang D.K. et al [11][12] assessed ...
Malhar Desai, 2006
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Radiology of the Stomach and Duodenum
situ, either a plastic stent, (usually 10-Fr/3.2-mm) or a self-expanding metal stent ( usually 8–10 mm). If a metal stent was used and at the onset of duodenal obstruction this is still patent, then it is safe to simply go ahead and stent the duodenum ...
Alan H. Freeman, A.L. Baert, E. Sala, 2007
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Cost Shifting of the Drug-eluting Stent
CHAPTER 8 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE PROCEDURES AND LEVEL OF SEVERITY (ICD CODES) The main hypotheses of this study is that if patients with coronary artery disease learn more about the drug-eluting stent, the number of ...
Fariba Nowrouzi, 2007
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World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering ...
Biomechanical Aspects of Potential Stent Malapposition at Coronary Stent Implantation W. Schmidt, P. Behrens, and K.-P. Schmitz University of Rostock, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Rostock, Germany O. Dössel and . (Eds.): WC 2009 ...
Olaf Dössel, Wolfgang C. Schlegel, 2010
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Strategic Approaches in Coronary Intervention
the stent, and then another balloon could be used to cross the distal part of the stent. If the balloon fails to re-enter the stent, then a lower-profile balloon could be used. If the wire position within the stent is lost, then it may not be feasible to ...
Stephen Geoffrey Ellis, David R. Holmes, 2006
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Practice of Clinical Echocardiography
TAXUS II 2003 2005 2006 2008 2009 Aneurysm Stent fracture Figure 7-14 An example of late-acquired aneurysm. Figure 7-13 Summary of %NIH (neointimal hyperplasia volume divided by stent volume) in various drug-eluting stent ...
Catherine M. Otto, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stent Retrievers Recommended in Stroke Guide
Stent retriever thrombectomy should be performed for selected stroke patients at specialized centers after tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), the American Heart ... «MedPage Today, Jun 15»
2
Global Trials Show Addition of Medtronic's Solitaire™ Device Stent
Research published online in The New England Journal of Medicine found that the addition of Medtronic's Solitaire™ device stent thrombectomy procedure to ... «Business Wire, Apr 15»
3
Stents show promise for stroke patients
MILWAUKEE – Stroke experts are reporting a major advance: Stents similar to the ones used to open clogged heart arteries also can be used to clear blood ... «The Japan Times, Feb 15»
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Returns to Work Five Days After Receiving Stent
Treated at MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Ginsburg had a stent implanted in the artery to help increase blood flow, ... «Bloomberg, Dec 14»
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves hospital after heart stent implanted
WASHINGTON -- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital Thursday after having a heart stent implanted to clear a blocked artery, a Supreme ... «CBS News, Nov 14»
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Stent Placed in …
Ginsburg, 81, had a stent placed in her right coronary artery at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. She was resting comfortably and was expected to be ... «NBCNews.com, Nov 14»
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'Big data' approach helps pinpoint possible new stent drug to …
Replacing the current drug used to coat artery-opening stents with a drug more targeted to the actual cause of stent disease could reduce blood clots and heart ... «Stanford Medical Center Report, Nov 14»
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Big Study Looks At Length of Drug Treatment After Stent Implantation
The advent of drug-eluting stents dramatically reduced the restenosis (reclogging) rate associated with bare-metal stents but prompted new concerns about the ... «Forbes, Nov 14»
9
Harrow repeat offender Frazer Stent dies aged 28 in Rochester …
Frazer Stent was allegedly punched in a fight at Rochester Prison last month, and died seven days later on October 19. He leaves behind a fiancée and a young ... «getwestlondon, Nov 14»
10
Dissolving Stent Scaffold Safe But Lackluster
Note that this randomized trial comparing a bioresorbable drug-eluting stent with its metal counterpart found similar rates of coronary events in follow-up. «MedPage Today, Sep 14»

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