probang

American  

[proh-bang] / ˈproʊ bæŋ /

noun

Surgery.

1. a long, slender, elastic rod with a sponge, ball, or the like, at the end, to be introduced into the esophagus or larynx, as for removing foreign bodies, or for introducing medication.

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probang British  

/ ˈprəʊbæŋ /

noun

1. surgery a long flexible rod, often with a small sponge at one end, for inserting into the oesophagus, as to apply medication

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Etymology

Origin of probang

1650–60; alteration (by association with probe ) of provang, unexplained coinage of the inventor

Example Sentences

Doctors use forceps or another instrument called a probang.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

The probang is used when the former remedies are ineffectual.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Allen, Richard L.

One must be careful not to pass the probang into the larynx and thence into the windpipe, as an animal may readily be killed in this way.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

An operation on the esophagus was immediately commenced, but abandoned, and an attempt made to push the fish down with a probang, which was, in a measure, successful.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

The use of the probang or whip-stock, mentioned under the head of remedies for Hoven, by which the root is forced into the stomach.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Allen, Richard L.