Silastic
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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To guard against the formation of scars that could impede the impulses, surgeons wrap the freshly sutured ends with fine Silastic tubing, a procedure not unlike wrapping a hair with plastic film.
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It looked like two Silastic sausage casings, one inside the other; it had a valve at each end of the inner sac and a 1-in. tubing leading from the outer balloon to an air pump.
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Today, more than 80,000 youngsters have their brain-drain problem solved by an implanted Silastic tube.
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Another Silastic preparation, which looks like a sheet of waxed paper, serves to correct a different type of brain problem: when part of the brain's parchmentlike covering, the dura mater, is damaged or destroyed, the brain tissues and fluids are kept from bulging or leaking out by a Silastic sheet backed with Dacron.
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The ball has since been replaced by Silastic.
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