Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stent

1 sense of stent

Sense 1
stent -- (a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis)
       => tube, tubing -- (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)