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LBM en · NOUN

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1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of little brown mushroom: any of a large number of small, dull-coloured agaric species that are difficult to tell apart.
   alt of little brown mushroom
   • He reached in and pulled out about a dozen mushrooms, shriveled and dried beyond recognition, that could have been Conocybes, Inocybes, Coprini, Psathyrellae, or any of a dozen other kinds of LBMs, mostly inedible, some mildly to seriously toxic, and one, a Galerina, deadly poisonous. 1986, Sarah Ann Friedman, Celebrating the Wild Mushroom: A Passionate Quest, page 139:
   • LBMs lack truly distinctive features that set them apart from the crowd, just like most Psilocybe mushrooms. 2010, Greg A. Marley, Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares: The Love, Lore, and Mystique of Mushrooms, page 177:
   • All LBMs should be avoided as edibles. 1999, George Barron, Mushrooms of Northeast North America: Midwest to New England, page 209:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of long bone metastases.
   alt of long bone metastases
   • Long bone metastases (LBM) are a common occurrence in patients with advanced cancer, arising in up to 70% of patients with advanced disease. 2018, J.J. Willeumier et al., “An Easy-to-Use Prognostic Model for Survival Estimation for Patients with Symptomatic Long Bone Metastases”, in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, volume 100, number 3, page 196:
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of lattice Boltzmann method.
   alt of lattice Boltzmann method
4. (Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of loose bowel movement: diarrhea.
   alt of loose bowel movement

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little brown job