plombe noun. [plɒm] Also plomb. E20.
[German Plombe plombe, filling (of tooth) from French plomb lead: see PLUMB noun.]
Medicine & Biology. (A mass of) soft inert supporting material or filler inserted into a cavity in the body.

■ plombage [plɒm'bɑ:ʒ] noun the introduction of plombe, esp. into the pleural cavity M20.

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