stent

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis

Unclear. Possibly named after dentist Charles Stent. The English surname is a variant of Stein.

Stent was giving directions in a clear, high-pitched voice. — The war of the worlds, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
With such a provision on my part, if you will do yours by repeating the French Grammar, and Mrs. Stent[114] will now and then ejaculate some wonder about the cocks and hens, what can we want? — Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters: A Family Record, William Austen-Leigh
*strangely And evermore, as swift as thought, This quainte* house aboute went, *strange That nevermore it *stille stent;* *ceased to move* And thereout came so great a noise, That had it stooden upon Oise, <82> Men might have heard it easily To Rome, I *trowe sickerly. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer

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