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

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Example Sentences

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probang

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 Richard L. Allen

This probang is used to grasp and withdraw an article which may have lodged in the gullet and can not be forced into the stomach by use of the simple probang.

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

The probang thus covered was introduced into the stomach, and the liquid food or medicine was put into the bladder and squeezed down through the eel-skin.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

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

If such symptoms arise the probang must be withdrawn at once.

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

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