stenting

noun — 2 senses

noun

Medicine, Sciences The surgical act of placing a stent, or supporting tube, into an artery, esophagus, or other passage or conduit in the body.

noun

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:

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