silastic

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Synonyms: elastic, spastic, gelastic, clastic, plastic, aplastic, blastic, pilastric, dikastic, sinaitic, -plastic

Antonyms: elastic, spastic, gelastic, clastic, plastic, aplastic, blastic, pilastric, dikastic, sinaitic, -plastic

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Proper noun

1. A type of [[flexible]], [[inert]] silicone rubber, used especially in [[prosthetic]] [[medicine]] to make devices such as [[shunt]]s to control [[hydrocephalus]], artificial [[heart valve]]s and [[breast implant]]s.

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