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