phlebotinum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fictional material used by authors to develop a plot requiring a material with properties not possessed by any real material.

Word forms

phlebotinum

Etymology

A combination of phleboto- (disregarding the association of the Greek root with blood) + -inum.

Related words

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