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stentings

stentings is the plural of stenting.

Meaning of stenting

Noun (1)

stenting (countable and uncountable, plural stentings)

  1. 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.

Noun (2)

stenting (plural stentings)

  1. (UK, dialectal) An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
    • 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 established1844, David Thomas Ansted, Geology, Introductory, Descriptive and Practical

Questions about stentings

What is stentings the plural of?
Stentings is the plural of stenting.

Words near stentings in the dictionary

  1. stentectomy
  2. stented
  3. stentgraft
  4. stentgrafts
  5. stenting
  6. stentings
  7. stentless
  8. Stenton
  9. stentor
  10. stentorian
  11. stentorianly

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