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plomb

[ pluhm ]

noun

, Surgery.
  1. any inert material inserted into a body cavity for therapeutic purposes.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of plomb1

First recorded in 1900–05; variant of plumb

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Example Sentences

The French text begins thus: Pour trois livres de cire et de plomb pour faire les patrons que maitre Colman, armoyeur, a fait, &c.

Miss Raven threw again, and this time a deep plomb announced her success.

Molly sounded as if these people had the plomb of position and conscious breeding.

C'est un massif compacte, et presque partout le mme, de minral de plomb et argent pauvre, pntr de pyrite sulphureuse.

Diverses mdailles de plomb, de leton, cuyvre et aultre gros mtal estant ung coffre.

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