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phlebotinum

phlebotinum noun: a fictional material used by authors to develop a plot requiring a material with properties not possessed by any real material.

Noun

phlebotinum (uncountable)

  1. A fictional material used by authors to develop a plot requiring a material with properties not possessed by any real material.

Origin of phlebotinum

A combination of phleboto- (disregarding the association of the Greek root with blood) + -inum.

Questions about phlebotinum

What does phlebotinum mean?
Phlebotinum means a fictional material used by authors to develop a plot requiring a material with properties not possessed by any real material.
What part of speech is phlebotinum?
Phlebotinum is a noun.

Words near phlebotinum in the dictionary

  1. phlebostasis
  2. phlebostatic
  3. phlebotamine
  4. phlebothrombosis
  5. phlebothrombotic
  6. phlebotinum
  7. phlebotome
  8. phlebotomes
  9. phlebotomic
  10. phlebotomical
  11. phlebotomically

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