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GASTRIC BALLOON

Specialty Definition: GASTRIC BALLOON

DomainDefinition

Health

An inflatable device implanted in the stomach as an adjunct to therapy of morbid obesity. Specific types include the silicone Garren-Edwards Gastric Bubble (GEGB), approved by the FDA in 1985, and the Ballobes Balloon. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: GASTRIC BALLOON

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

gastric balloon

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: GASTRIC BALLOON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-g-i-l-l-n-o-o-r-s-t"

-1 letter: collaborating.

-2 letters: astrological.

-3 letters: abrogations, allocations.

-4 letters: abrogation, alligators, allocating, allocation, allocators, ballasting, balloonist, botanicals, collations, locational, oscillator.

-5 letters: ablations, abortions, allantoic, allantois, alligator, allocator, analogist, antalgics, antilabor, antisolar, ascogonia, balloting, bangtails, baritonal, bicoastal, bigaroons, boltonias, botanical, botanicas, braciolas, brantails, caballing, cabrillas, cantorial, carbinols, carillons, carolling, cilantros, cloistral, collagist, collaring, collating, collation, collators, colonials, colorants.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: GASTRIC BALLOON


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 41 53 54 52 49 43      42 41 4C 4C 4F 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01000001 01010011 01010100 01010010 01001001 01000011 00100000 01000010 01000001 01001100 01001100 01001111 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#65 &#83 &#84 &#82 &#73 &#67 &#32 &#66 &#65 &#76 &#76 &#79 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0041 0053 0054 0052 0049 0043      0042 0041 004C 004C 004F 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

41355354524337236354646494948

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INDEX

1. Expressions: Internet
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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