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

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

a. 1. Diminishing plasticity. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

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 ]

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

a. (Biol.) Bioplasmic. [ 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 ]

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 ]

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

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

n. [ Embryo + plastic. ] (Biol.) Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells. [ 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. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; within + &unr_; plastic. ] (Zoöl.) A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the amœba. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ento- + Gr. &unr_; to mold. ] (Biol.) Pertaining to, or composed of, entoplasm; as, the entoplastic products of some Protozoa, or the entoplastic modification of the cell protoplasm, by which a nucleus is produced. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'es into, to + "en one + plastiko`s molded, formed. See Plastic.] Shaped into one; tending to, or formative into, unity. [R.] Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Pref. eu- + -plastic. ] (Med.) Having the capacity of becoming organizable in a high degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.Chem.) Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Galvanic + -plastic. ] Of or pertaining to the art or process of electrotyping; employing, or produced by, the process of electolytic deposition; as, a galvano-plastic copy of a medal or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Haemato- + -plastic. ] (Physiol.) Blood formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks up gradually into blood vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Haematoplastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hetero- + -plastic. ] (Biol.) Producing a different type of organism; developing into a different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone. Haeckel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo- + plastic. ] Of or pertaining to homoplasty; as, homoplasticorgans; homoplastic forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to hyperplasia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Tending to excess of formative action. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to meloplasty, or the artificial formation of a new cheek. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mono- + -plastic. ] (Biol.) That has one form, or retains its primary form, as, a monoplastic element. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol. & Med.) Of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Organo- + -plastic. ] (Biol.) Having the property of producing the tissues or organs of animals and plants; as, the organoplastic cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Osteo- + -plastic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Physiol.) Producing bone; as, osteoplastic cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to the replacement of bone; as, an osteoplastic operation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fello`s cork + pla`ssein to mold. ] Art of modeling in cork. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. plasticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to form, mold: cf. F. plastique. ] 1. Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

See plastic Nature working to his end. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Medallions . . . fraught with the plastic beauty and grace of the palmy days of Italian art. J. S. Harford. [ 1913 Webster ]

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Plastic clay (Geol.), one of the beds of the Eocene period; -- so called because used in making pottery. Lyell. --
Plastic element (Physiol.), one that bears within the germs of a higher form. --
Plastic exudation (Med.), an exudation thrown out upon a wounded surface and constituting the material of repair by which the process of healing is effected. --
Plastic foods. (Physiol.) See the second Note under Food. --
Plastic force. (Physiol.) See under Force. --
Plastic operation, an operation in plastic surgery. --
Plastic surgery, that branch of surgery which is concerned with the repair or restoration of lost, injured, or deformed parts of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [ MW10 gives origin of word as 1905 ] [ PJC ]

[ Gr. &unr_; fit for molding, plastic, fr. &unr_; to mold, to form. ] A combining form signifying developing, forming, growing; as, heteroplastic, monoplastic, polyplastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Plastic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a plastic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. plasticité. ] 1. The quality or state of being plastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Plastic force. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Poly- + -plastic. ] (Biol.) Assuming, or having the power of assuming, many forms; as, a polyplastic element which does not preserve its original shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Forming a mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of making molds for castings. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. First-formed. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Rhino- + -plastic: cf. F. rhinoplastique. ] (Surg.) Of or pertaining to rhinoplasty; as, a rhinoplastic operation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth + -plastic. ] (Med.) Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed. [ 1913 Webster ]