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- Medicine a splint placed temporarily inside a duct, canal, or blood vessel to aid healing or relieve an obstruction【医】（暂时植入管道、导管或血管帮助愈合或去除障碍物的）移植片固定模。
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- an impression or cast of a part or body cavity, used to maintain pressure so as to promote healing, especially of a skin graft皮肤固定模。
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- mass noun（亦作Stents）trademark a substance used in dentistry for taking impressions of the teeth〈商标〉（牙科中用于制作牙齿印模的）斯滕特印模物料。
词源
late 19th cent.: from the name of Charles T. Stent （1807-85）, English dentist. The sense 'splint' dates from the 1960s.
historical, chiefly Scottish <史, 主苏格兰>
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- an assessment of property made for purposes of taxation（为了纳税而作的）财产评估。
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- the amount or value assessed; a tax评估的数量（或价值）; 税。
词源
Middle English: from Old French estente 'valuation', related to Anglo-Norman French extente （see EXTENT）.