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Eponyms

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fabian
stent
hymeneal
euhemerism
roland

Animation of the installation of a stent

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PRONUNCIATION:

(stent)

MEANING:

noun: A tube inserted into a blocked vessel to keep it open.

ETYMOLOGY:

After the dentist Charles R. Stent (1845-1901). Stent did pioneering work in coming up with a compound that made better molds for dentures. Later, the compound was used to make casts of other body parts and cavities. Stents correct stenosis (narrowing). Earliest documented use: 1878. The word stentorian is also an eponym, but it came from someone else.

USAGE:

“Dr. Zeeterman patted Charles’s lower leg. ‘Charles, can I interest you in a stent today? It would appear that your heart is hungry for a bit more blood than those clogged pipes are giving it.’”
Gary B. Boyd; One Particular Patriot III; AuthorHouse; 2013.

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