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Silastic

Silastic proper noun: a type of flexible, inert silicone rubber, used especially in prosthetic medicine to make devices such as shunts to control hydrocephalus, artificial heart valves and breast implants.

Proper noun

Silastic

  1. A type of flexible, inert silicone rubber, used especially in prosthetic medicine to make devices such as shunts to control hydrocephalus, artificial heart valves and breast implants.

Origin of Silastic

Blend of silicone + plastic. Originally a brand name.

Words that rhyme with Silastic

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Questions about Silastic

What does Silastic mean?
Silastic means a type of flexible, inert silicone rubber, used especially in prosthetic medicine to make devices such as shunts to control hydrocephalus, artificial heart valves and breast implants.
What part of speech is Silastic?
Silastic is a proper noun.

Words near Silastic in the dictionary

  1. silasesquiazanes
  2. silasesquioxane
  3. silasesquioxanes
  4. silasesquithiane
  5. silasesquithianes
  6. Silastic
  7. silat
  8. silathiane
  9. silathianes
  10. silation
  11. silations

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