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 stent /ˈstɛnt/

 stent /ˈstɪnt/ 名詞
 支架,移植片固定模,支撐架

 Stent, v. i. To stint; to stop; to cease.
    And of this cry they would never stenten.   --Chaucer.

 Stent v. t. [Obs. imp. Stente obs. p. p. Stent.]  To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.
    Then would he weep, he might not be stent.   --Chaucer.
 Yet n'ould she stent
 Her bitter railing and foul revilement.   --Spenser.

 Stent, n. An allotted portion; a stint. “Attain'd his journey's stent.”
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 stent
      n : a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a
          blood vessel) to provide support during and after
          surgical anastomosis