GRE vocabulary
Stent
To restrict or confine to narrow limits; a device used to hold open a body passageway.
Example
"The surgeon inserted a stent into the blocked artery to prevent further obstruction of blood flow."
Etymology
Origin uncertain; possibly from the name of an English dentist, Charles Stent, who developed a dental impression material in the 19th century.
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