1. Also called: India rubber, gum elastic, caoutchouc
a cream to dark brown elastic material obtained by coagulating and drying the latex from certain plants, esp the tree Hevea brasiliensis
2.
any of a large variety of elastomers produced by improving the properties of natural rubber or by synthetic means
3. mainly British
a piece of rubber or felt used for erasing something written, typed, etc; eraser
4.
a coarse file
5.
a cloth, pad, etc, used for polishing or buffing
6.
a person who rubs something in order to smooth, polish, or massage
7. (often plural) mainly US and Canadian
a rubberized waterproof article, such as a mackintosh or overshoe
8. informal, mainly US and Canadian
a condom
9. (modifier)
made of or producing rubber
a rubber ball
a rubber factory
Word origin
C17: from rub + -er1; the tree was so named because its product was used for rubbing out writing
Examples of 'gum elastic' in a sentence
gum elastic
The patient was finally successfully intubated with a gum-elastic bougie.
Yaman F, Arslan B, Yuvanç E, Büyükkoçak Ü 2014, 'Unexpected difficult airway with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism', International Medical Case Reports Journalhttp://www.dovepress.com/unexpected-difficult-airway-with-hypogonadotropic-hypogonadism-a16354. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Intubation was performed using a gum elastic bougie, and anesthesia was maintained with sevoflurane and remifentanil.
Márcio Luiz Benevides, Verônica Cristina Moraes Brandão, Jacqueline Ivonne ArenasLovera 2016, 'Perioperative management of a morbidly obese pregnant patient undergoing cesareansection under general anesthesia – case report', Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001414001912. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Management of an unexpectedly difficult airway consists of laryngeal mask ventilation, gum-elastic bougie and video laryngoscopy-assisted intubation.
Yaman F, Arslan B, Yuvanç E, Büyükkoçak Ü 2014, 'Unexpected difficult airway with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism', International Medical Case Reports Journalhttp://www.dovepress.com/unexpected-difficult-airway-with-hypogonadotropic-hypogonadism-a16354. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)