stenting

English

Etymology 1

Noun

stenting (countable and uncountable, plural stentings)

1. (medicine) The surgical act of placing a stent, or supporting tube, into an artery, esophagus, or other passage or conduit in the body.

   The chest pains were relieved by coronary stenting.

Verb

stenting

1. present participle and gerund of stent

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• stenton

Noun

stenting (plural stentings)

1. (UK, dialect) An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
   • 1844, David Thomas Ansted, Geology, Introductory, Descriptive and Practical:

     It is usual , in such case , to drive two parallel headways , which communicate with one another by cross - cuts , called stentings, through which the air being conducted , a circulation is immediately established

References

• “stenting”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• nettings, snetting, tentings