PLUGGING
\plˈʌɡɪŋ], \plˈʌɡɪŋ], \p_l_ˈʌ_ɡ_ɪ_ŋ]\
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The act of stopping a hole. The introduction of a plug or dossil of lint or rag into a wound or natural cavity-as the uterus or vagina-to arrest hemorrhage; or of some substance into a carious tooth to prevent toothache, (F.) Plombage des dents. See Filling.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).