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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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

n. [ Fibrin + Gr. &unr_; to form, mold. ] (Physiol.Chem.) An albuminous substance, existing in the blood, which in combination with fibrinogen forms fibrin; -- called also paraglobulin. [ 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 ]

{ } n. [ Leuco- + Gr. pla`ssein to mold. ] (Bot.) One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form. [ 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 ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a creator. ] 1. (Biol.) A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon. [ Archaic ] Haeckel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) any of several types of minute granules found in the protoplasm of vegetable cells, having their own membrane, robosomes, and DNA. Among plant cells the most common are chloroplasts, which contain the chlorophyll and the photosynthetic machinery of the cell. They are divided by their colors into three classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, creator + &unr_; animal. ] (Zool.) Same as Protoza. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. fr. Plastid. ] (Biol.) One of the small particles or organic molecules of protoplasm. Haeckel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to form, mold. ] (Biol.) A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus. [ 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 ]