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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread stent #87141 11/18/2002 12:20 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia johnjohn member johnjohn member Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia Does anyone know the origin of this word? It seems that originally it was named after an invention by Charles Stent who was a dentist but is now used for coronary artery devices. jj Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: stent #87142 11/18/2002 12:38 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. stent PRONUNCIATION: stnt NOUN: 1. A device used to support a bodily orifice or cavity during skin grafting or to immobilize a skin graft following placement. 2. A slender thread, rod, or catheter inserted into a tubular structure, such as a blood vessel, to provide support during or after anastomosis. ETYMOLOGY: After Charles R. Stent (1845–1901), English dentist. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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