Plastic

(plas'-tik). Capable of being formed or molded; plasmic; formative; easily modified; applied to morbid proce es attended with fibrinous exudate. P. Bronchitis, pseudo-membranous bronchitis. P. Linitis, a name given to cirrhosis of the stomach. P. the inflammatory exudate that covers wounds or inflamed serous surfaces, and which becomes organized by the development in it of blood-ve els. P. Operation, the restoration of lost parts by the transfer of ti ue from an adjacent part or by transplantation. P. Surgery, the art of performing plastic operations; the surgical replacement of lost parts.