Deathwatch beetle. The deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, is a woodboring beetle. The adult beetle is 7 millimetres (0.28 in) long, while the xylophagous larvae are up to 11 mm (0.43 in) long.
Noun. 1. stent-a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis. tube, tubing-conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases. Translations.
Over the past few decades, stents have revolutionized the treatment of coronary artery disease. Stents are metal wire-mesh struts that are positioned into an artery to âprop openâ the artery after an angioplasty. Virtually all angioplasty procedures today include the insertion of a stent.