stint or stent

When the time to work comes, you’ve got to do your stint; but the medical device installed to keep an artery open is a “stent.” Even people in the medical profession who should know better often use “stint” when they mean “stent.”

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Definitions

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• n  an unbroken period of time during which you do something
• n  smallest American sandpiper
• n  an individual's prescribed share of work
  her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her
• v  subsist on a meager allowance
• v  supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

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• n  a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis

News & Articles

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• Kinsler to begin rehab stint, might return Sunday
  Kinsler to begin rehab stint, might return Sunday
  June 13, 2013 - CBS Sports
• Gutierrez reports to Tacoma for second rehab stint
  Outfielder Franklin Gutierrez reported to Triple-A Tacoma on Wednesday to begin his second Minor League rehab stint as he recovers from a strained hamstring that has sidelined him since April 23.
  June 13, 2013 - Seattle Mariners
• WATCH: Jennifer Lopez Lands the Movie Role of Her Dreams (and Freaks Out)
  Jennifer Lopez has just completed her highly-anticipated stint on American Idol , gives overstimulating performances on hit family shows, and is the executive producer of a new TV drama ( The Fosters ) — so, why wouldn't you want the "Live It Up" singer on your team? One still-unnamed film studio realized that Lopez's star power is in a pretty good spot, and decided to snag Lopez for a role that ...
  June 13, 2013 - Zimbio

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• Orsiro de BIOTRONIK, le premier stent à élution médicamenteuse hybride de l'industrie, réalise les meilleures ...
  Résultats des critères d'évaluation principaux de l'étude clinique BIOFLOW-II démontrant la non-infériorité du stent à élution médicamenteuse hybride Orsiro de BIOTRONIK par rapport au XIENCE PRIME d'Abbott. ...
  June 13, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance
• Abbott Launches Japanese Stent Trial
  Results will be used to try to win Japan approval of Absorb bioresorbable stent.        
  June 12, 2013 - The Motley Fool
• Abbott Launches Japanese Stent Trial
  Results will be used to try to win Japan approval of Absorb bioresorbable stent.        
  June 12, 2013 - The Motley Fool