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probangs

probangs is the plural of probang.

Meaning of probang

Noun

probang (plural probangs)

  1. A tool consisting rod, originally made of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, used for removing obstructions from the oesophagus, etc.
    • In regard to foreign bodies in the œsophagus, Prof. Chiene's case of the bone, which was not capable of detection by the ordinary probangs and bougies, had some points of similarity […]1885 November, Edinburgh Medical Journal, volume 30, page 479

Questions about probangs

What is probangs the plural of?
Probangs is the plural of probang.

Words near probangs in the dictionary

  1. probally
  2. proband
  3. probands
  4. probandwise
  5. probang
  6. probangs
  7. probarbital
  8. probasal
  9. Probasco
  10. Probascos
  11. probasid

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