plaster

(plas’ter) [L. emplas’trum]. A tenacious preparation for spreading upon the surface of the body. The chief plasters are named from their principal ingredients; as, aconite plaster, ammoniac plaster, amica plaster, belladonna plaster, capsicum plaster, iron plaster, soap plaster, etc. adhesive p., a plaster of resin, composed of rubber, petrolatum, and lead-plaster; emplastrum resine. antiseptic p., ordinary adhesive plaster dipped in a hot solution of carbolic acid. p. bandage, a bandage impregnated with plaster of-Paris. belladonna p., a plaster made of belladonna leaves 30 parts, and adhesive plaster 70 parts: used as an anodyne application. blistering-p., the cerate of cantharides. capcine p., a proprietary capsicum plaster. capsicum Ῥ., a rubefacient plaster made of oleoresin of capsicum and adhesive plaster. chalybeate p., iron-plaster. court-p., a plaster of isingla on culture-media to gla plates; the cultivation of bacteria on plates.