stenting
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
stenting (countable and uncountable, plural stentings)
- (medicine) The surgical act of placing a stent, or supporting tube, into an artery, esophagus, or other passage or conduit in the body.
- The chest pains were relieved by coronary stenting.
Verb edit
stenting
- present participle and gerund of stent
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
stenting (plural stentings)
- (UK, dialect) An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
- 1844, David Thomas Ansted, Geology, Introductory, Descriptive and Practical:
- 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
References edit
- “stenting”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.