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rod

noun as in bar, pole

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Sadat told the court that Iza’s Nevada-based doctor was the “premier, No. 1 leg-lengthening surgeon in the world,” and submitted a letter from the physician that said the rods needed to be removed.

Color occurs because our eyes are equipped with rods and cones — specialized light-absorbing cells in the retina at the back of the eye.

From Salon

Foot-long metal rods with serial numbers were shot into the muscles of whales.

The pain is worst in her thigh, where she had a metal rod inserted after cancer rotted her femur.

From BBC

She was a lightning rod for criticism by Hollywood workers, particularly during last year’s walkouts.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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