Silastic

American  

[si-las-tik] / sɪˈlæs tɪk /

Trademark.

1. a brand name for any of a group of substances containing polymeric silicones, having the properties of rubber but more capable of withstanding extremely high and low temperatures and other causes of deterioration, used in jet-plane engines, medical prosthetic devices, gaskets, electrical insulation, etc.

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Silastic British  

/ sɪˈlæstɪk /

noun

1. a flexible inert silicone rubber, used esp in prosthetic medicine

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Example Sentences

PVP has another advantage for an implantable kidney: like Silastic, it seems thoroughly compatible with the blood, and has little tendency to provoke clotting.

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The electrical impulse signaling this event then triggered the pump, and a gush of oxygen into the outer Fiberglas chamber squeezed the blood out of the Silastic core into the aorta.

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Between this band and the heart, the surgeons sutured one tube leading to the Silastic inner cham ber of the pump.

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When her left ventricle contracted, it propelled most of its blood, against negligible resistance, into the pump's Silastic chamber.

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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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