stent
(stent)
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[Charles Thomas Stent, Brit. dentist, 1845-1901]
1. Originally, a compound used in making dental molds.
2. Any material or device used to hold tissue in place, to maintain open blood vessels, or to provide a support for a graft or anastomosis while healing is taking place.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Stent." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739119/all/stent.
Stent. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739119/all/stent. Accessed September 7, 2024.
Stent. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739119/all/stent
Stent [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 September 07]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739119/all/stent.
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