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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.


Silastic British  
/ sɪˈlæstɪk /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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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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The ball has since been replaced by Silastic.

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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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