Lbm
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 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
"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."
- 2 Abbreviation of pound-mass (“unit of mass”). abbreviation, alt-of
"On the moon, however the weight of a pound-mass (lb or lbm) is only about one sixth of a pound-force (lbf)."
- 3 Initialism of long bone metastases. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Long bone metastases (LBM) are a common occurrence in patients with advanced cancer, arising in up to 70% of patients with advanced disease."
- 4 Initialism of lattice Boltzmann method. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 5 Initialism of loose bowel movement: diarrhea. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Example
More 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."
Etymology
See lb (“pound”).
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