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RUBBERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rubbery mean? 

RUBBERY (adjective)
  The adjective RUBBERY has 2 senses:

1. having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughnessplay

2. difficult to chewplay

  Familiarity information: RUBBERY used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RUBBERY (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness

Synonyms:

rubberlike; rubbery

Similar:

elastic (capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy)

Derivation:

rubber (an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Difficult to chew

Synonyms:

cartilaginous; gristly; rubbery

Similar:

tough (resistant to cutting or chewing)


 Context examples 


A cancer-related condition in which the gastric wall becomes thickened and rubbery (leather-bottle stomach).

(Linitis plastica, NCI Thesaurus)

This causes the wall of the stomach to become thick, hard, and rubbery, which leads to trouble digesting food.

(Gastric scirrhous carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

It is characterized by the presence of rubbery skin lesions.

(Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)

A condition where the stomach wall becomes thickened, rubbery and loses its ability to distend.

(Linitis plastica, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)



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