plomb
[ pluhm ]
/ plʌm /
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noun Surgery.
any inert material inserted into a body cavity for therapeutic purposes.
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Origin of plomb
First recorded in 1900–05; variant of plumb
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Examples from the Web for plomb
Molly sounded as if these people had the plomb of position and conscious breeding.
The Chainbearer|J. Fenimore Cooper