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Definition of Probangs
1. probang [n] - See also: probang
Lexicographical Neighbors of Probangs
Literary usage of Probangs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1833)
"So firmly was it impacted, that no lugging with forceps, or with probangs passed
beyond it, was of any avail. It did not altogether block up ..."
2. Clinical Notes on Uterine Surgery, with Special Reference to the Management by James Marion Sims (1866)
"It is then necessary to resort to instrumental aid, the simplest of which are
two or three sponge probangs, with sponges not larger than the ball of the ..."