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lbm

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Initialism of little brown mushroom: any of a large number of small, dull-coloured agaric species that are difficult to tell apart.
  2. Abbreviation of pound-mass (“unit of mass”).
    abbreviation, alt-of
  3. Initialism of long bone metastases.
  4. Initialism of lattice Boltzmann method.
  5. Initialism of loose bowel movement: diarrhea.

Examples

“He reached in and pulled out about a dozen mushrooms, shriveled and dried beyond recognition, that could have⟳ been Conocybes, Inocybes, Coprini, Psathyrellae, or any of a dozen other kinds of LBMs, mostly inedible, some mildly to seriously toxic, and one, a Galerina, deadly poisonous.”
“All LBMs should be avoided as edibles.”
“LBMs lack truly distinctive features that set⟳ them apart from the crowd, just like⟳ most Psilocybe mushrooms.”
“Long bone metastases (LBM) are a common occurrence in patients with advanced cancer, arising in up to 70% of patients with advanced disease.”
“On the moon, however the weight of a pound-mass (lb or lbm) is only about one sixth of a pound-force (lbf).”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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