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Silastic

American

[si-las-tik] / sɪˈlæs tɪk /

Trademark.

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

a flexible inert silicone rubber, used esp in prosthetic medicine

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

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Inside this was a Silastic diaphragm, which alternately generated pressure and exerted suction as it was worked to and fro by an external pump.

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Between this band and the heart, the surgeons sutured one tube leading to the Silastic inner cham ber of the pump.

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PVP has another advantage for an implantable kidney: like Silastic, it seems thoroughly compatible with the blood, and has little tendency to provoke clotting.

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