tent (tent)
tent
1. a fabric covering for enclosing an open space.
2. a conical, expansible plug of soft material for dilating an orifice, or keeping a wound open to prevent its healing except at the bottom.
oxygen tent one above a patient's bed for administering oxygen by inhalation.
sponge tent a conical plug made of compressed sponge used to dilate the os uteri.
tent 1 (t nt)n. A canopy used in various types of inhalation therapy to control the humidity and oxygen concentration of inspired air. |
| tent 2 (tnt) n. A small, cylindrical plug of lint or gauze used to keep open or probe a wound or an orifice. v. To keep a wound or an orifice open with such a plug. |
tent
Etymology: ME, tente
1 a transparent cover, usually of plastic, supported over the upper part of a patient by a frame. Used in the treatment of respiratory conditions, it provides a controlled environment into which steam, oxygen, vaporized medication, or droplets of cool water may be sprayed, such as an oxygen tent.
2 a cone made of various materials inserted into a cavity or orifice of the body to dilate its opening, such as a laminaria tent.
3 a pack placed in a wound to hold it open to ensure that healing progresses from the base of the wound upward to the skin.
tent
a conical, expansible plug of soft material for dilating an orifice or for keeping a wound open, so as to prevent its healing except at the bottom.
tent pegging
equine sport invented in India. The horse is ridden at a canter and the rider attempts to uproot a tent peg from the ground with a sharp-pointed lance.
sponge tent
a conical plug made of compressed sponge used to dilate the os uteri.
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