Silastic

[ si-las-tik ]

Trademark.

1. 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

/ sɪˈlæstɪk /

noun

1. a flexible inert silicone rubber, used esp in prosthetic medicine

Example Sentences

To guard against the formation of scars that could impede the impulses, surgeons wrap the freshly sutured ends with fine Silastic tubing, a procedure not unlike wrapping a hair with plastic film.

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It looked like two Silastic sausage casings, one inside the other; it had a valve at each end of the inner sac and a 1-in. tubing leading from the outer balloon to an air pump.

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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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Another Silastic preparation, which looks like a sheet of waxed paper, serves to correct a different type of brain problem: when part of the brain's parchmentlike covering, the dura mater, is damaged or destroyed, the brain tissues and fluids are kept from bulging or leaking out by a Silastic sheet backed with Dacron.

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The ball has since been replaced by Silastic.

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