probang

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noun

A tool consisting rod, originally made of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, used for removing obstructions from the oesophagus, etc.

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Meanings

nounprobang (plural probangs)

plural probangs

  1. medicineA tool consisting rod, originally made of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, used for removing obstructions from the oesophagus, etc.

    In regard to foreign bodies in the œsophagus, Prof. Chiene's case of the bone, which was not capable of detection by the ordinary probangs and bougies, had some points of similarity […]

    1885 November, Edinburgh Medical Journal, volume 30, page 479
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