silicone rubber
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of silicone rubber
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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The researchers then attached strips of lab-grown skeletal muscle tissues to the silicone rubber and each leg.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2024
“The actuator kind of looks like a drum. It’s a hollow cylinder with an elastomeric silicone rubber on the top,” says Aubin.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2023
The model was grown inside of silicone rubber chips the size of a stick of gum, forming channels that were responsive to fluctuating estrogen levels and bacteria.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
He inserted cannulas — transparent silicone rubber tubes — into each of the vessels feeding and draining Eva Baisey’s heart, and sewed them into place in the aorta and the two venae cavae.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2019
The mask was a silicone rubber North respirator mask with a Lexan faceplate, for good visibility, and the purple filters were the kind that stop a virus.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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