*plas*

adj. (Med.) of or pertaining to achondroplasia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Amylum + -plastic. ] Starch-forming; amylogenic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to anaplasty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; again + &unr_; to form: cf. F. anaplastie. ] (Surg.) The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Diminishing plasticity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL.; Gr. &unr_; priv. + &unr_; a molding. ] (Med.) 1. Incomplete or faulty development. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Med.) a defect, retardation, or cessation of the process of generation of blood cells. [ PJC ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + plastic. ] Not plastic or easily molded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ from aplasia{ 2 }. ] (Med.) an anemia characterized by substantial reduction or cessation of production of red blood cells and hemoglobin by the bone marrow. Stedman
Syn. -- Ehrlich's anemia; anemia gravis. [ PJC ]

n. [ See Archon; Plasma. ] (Biol.) The substance from which attraction spheres develop in mitotic cell division, and of which they consist. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to autoplasty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Auto- + -plasty. ] (Surg.) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beplastered p. pr. & vb. n. Beplastering. ] To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beplastered with rouge. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bi`os life + pla`sma form, mold, fr. pla`ssein to mold. ] (Biol.) A name suggested by Dr. Beale for the germinal matter supposed to be essential to the functions of all living beings; the material through which every form of life manifests itself; unaltered protoplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, bioplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bi`os life + pla`ssein to form. ] (Biol.) A tiny mass of bioplasm, in itself a living unit and having formative power, as a living white blood corpuscle; bioblast. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Bioplasmic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr.&unr_;, corner of the eye + &unr_; to from. ] (Surg.) The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cataplasma, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to spread over; kata` down, wholly + &unr_; to form, mold. ] (Med.) A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; for modeling in wax; khro`s wax + &unr_; to form, mold. ] (Fine arts) (a) Relating to the art of modeling in wax. (b) Modeled in wax; as, a ceroplastic figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_; art): cf. F. céroplastique. ] The art of modeling in wax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a lip + -plasty. ] (Surg.) The process of forming an artificial tip or part of a lip, by using for the purpose a piece of healthy tissue taken from some neighboring part. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. molding artificial teeth using low-fusing metals or alloys. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; formed by hand; chei`r hand + &unr_; to shape. ] (Mus.) An instrument to guid the hands and fingers of pupils in playing on the piano, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. chloro- + Gr. &unr_; to mold, form. ] (Biol.) A plastid containing chlorophyll, developed only in cells exposed to the light. Chloroplasts are minute flattened granules, usually occurring in great numbers in the cytoplasm near the cell wall, and consist of a colorless ground substance saturated with chlorophyll pigments. Under light of varying intensity they exhibit phototactic movements. In animals chloroplasts occur only in certain low forms. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. chlwro`s light green + E. plastid. ] (Bot.) A granule of chlorophyll; -- also called chloroleucite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + E. plastid. ] (Bot.) A protoplasmic granule of some other color than green; -- also called chromoleucite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ko`rh pupil + -plasty. ] (Med.) A plastic operation on the pupil, as for forming an artificial pupil. -- Cor`e*plas"tic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

a. [ Gr. ko`smos the world + pla`ssein to form. ] Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming. “Cosmoplastic and hylozoic atheisms.” Gudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bladder + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to form. ] (Biol.) A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ky`tos hollow vessel + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a mold. ] (Biol.) The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus. -- Cy`to*plas"mic a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Pref. deuto- + Gr. &unr_; form. ] (Biol.) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. deuto- + Gr. &unr_; plastic. ] (Biol.) Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ecto- + Gr. &unr_; form. ] (Biol.) (a) The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum. (b) The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell. (c) The ectosarc of protozoan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ecto- + Gr. &unr_; to mold. ] Pertaining to, or composed of, ectoplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ a British trademark. ] an elastic bandage. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Embryo + plastic. ] (Biol.) Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. emplastre, F. emplâtre, L. emplastrum a plaster or salve, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to plaster up, daub over; &unr_; in + &unr_; to form, mold, apply as a plaster. ] See Plaster. [ Obs. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. OF. emplastrer, F. emplâtrer. See Emplaster, n. ] To plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance. [ Obs. ] “Fair as ye his name emplaster.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. emplastique, fr. Gr. &unr_; clogging. See Emplaster. ] Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A medicine causing constipation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. emplastratio a budding. ] 1. The act or process of grafting by inoculation; budding. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ See 1st Emplaster. ] (Med.) The application of a plaster or salve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Endo- + Gr. &unr_; anything formed or molded. ] (Biol.) The protoplasm in the interior of a cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Endoplasm. ] (Biol.) Same as Entoplasm and Endosarc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Endo- + Gr. &unr_; to form. ] (Biol.) See Nucleus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; within + &unr_; plastic. ] (Zoöl.) A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the amœba. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A dim. fr. endo- + Gr. &unr_; to mold. ] (Biol.) See Nucleolus. [ 1913 Webster ]