Meaning of lbm | Babel Free
Definitions
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Initialism of little brown mushroom: any of a large number of small, dull-coloured agaric species that are difficult to tell apart. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Abbreviation of pound-mass (“unit of mass”). abbreviation, alt-of
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Initialism of long bone metastases. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Initialism of lattice Boltzmann method. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Initialism of loose bowel movement: diarrhea. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.