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

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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They carve Silastic sponge to the shape of a human ear and cover it with skin grafts.

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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The ball has since been replaced by Silastic.

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