STENT

PRONUNCIATION: (stent)

MEANING: noun: A tube inserted into a blocked vessel to keep it open.

ETYMOLOGY: After the dentist Charles R. Stent (1845-1901). Stent did pioneering work in coming up with a compound that made better molds for dentures. Later, the compound was used to make casts of other body parts and cavities. Stents correct stenosis (narrowing). Earliest documented use: 1878. The word stentorian is also an eponym, but it came from someone else
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STERT - a snorer

P.S.TENT - a portable outdoor shelter brought along as an afterthought

S-TEST - what statistician William S Gossett was fiddling with just before he conceived Student's t-test