plas'ter

[L. emplasirum.] solid preparation which can be spread when heated, and which becomes adhesive at the temperature of the body; plasters are used to keep the edges of a wound in apposition, to protect raw surfaces, and, when medicated, to redden or blister the skin or to apply drugs to the surface to obtain their systemic effects; for the official plasters, see emplasirum. adhe's ive p., emplastrum adhaesivum. anuno'- niac and mer'cury emplastrum ammoniac i cum hydrargyro. belladon'na p., emplastrum bell a- 78s donnae. blis'tering p., emplastrum cantharid is (U.S.). cam'phorated mother emplastrum p., fuscum camphor a tum. cap's icum emplasp., trum capsici. com'pound diach'ylon emplasp., trum lithargyri compos i tum. com'pound gal'- banum p., emplastrum lithargyri compos i tum. com'pound lead p., emplastrum lithargyri compos i tum. court p., isingla spread on thin silk, used as a protective to slight cuts and excoriations of the skin, diach'ylon emplastrum p., plumb i. iron p., a mixture of ferric hydroxyde, Burgundy pitch, olive oil, and lead plaster, lead i'odide p., emplastrum plumb i iodid i. lead p., emplastrum plumb i. litharge' emplastrum p., plumb i. menthol emplastrum menthol. p., mercu'rial p., emplastrum hydrargyri. mustard p., a paste of powdered mustard seed spread on cloth and applied to the skin as a rubefacient. p. of Paris, gypsum, or calcium sulphate, from which the water of crystallization ha^s been expelled by heat, calcii sulphas exsiccatus. o'pium p., emplastnrai opii. pitch p., emplastrum pic is. porous p., any plaster spread on a cloth perforated with numerous holes, ros'in p., emplastrum resinse (U.S.) rubb'er p., emplastrum elasticum. (U.S.). soap p., emplastrum saponis. spice p., emplastrum aromatioum (N.P.). strength'ening p., iron p. warming p., emplastrimi calefaciens. white -lead p., emplastrum ceru ae. A is"ter-ban'dage. roller-bandage impregnated with plaster of Paris, and applied moist, in order to make a permanent dre ing for a fracture or diseased joint. is"ter-jack'et. Sayre's* jacket, a stiff jacket made with plaster-bandages for support of the spine in Pott's disease or scoliosis. ister-mull'. Muslin impregnated with medicated gutta perch a, employed in certain skin diseases. is'tic [G. plastikos, relating to moulding.] i. Plasmic, plasmatic, formative. 2. Capable of being formed or moulded. 3. In dentistry, an easily moulded material, such as amalgam, used for the filling of a tooth-cavity, p. bronchi'tis, bronchitis with an exudate of fibrin forming a pseudomembrane or cast of the bronchial a, tubes, p. mo'tor, the ti ues contained in an amputation stump which can be utilized to impart movement to an artificial limb. p. sur'gery, restorative surgery, the restoration of lost parts or the repair of defects by grafting or the transfer of ti ue from a neighboring part. isticity (plas-tis'J-tl). The capability of being formed or moulded, the quality of being plastic. is'tics. Plastic surgery. is'tid [G. plastos, formed.] 1. One of the granules of foreign or differentiated matter, food-particles, fat, waste material, chromatophores, trichocysts, A etc., in protozoan and other cells. 2. unicellular organism. 3. Protoplast (i or 2). istidule (plas'tJ-dul) [dim. of plastid.) Micella. is'tin [G. plastos, formed.] One of the protein constituents of the cell-nucleus, said to be resistant to the action of pepsin or trypsin. is to some (plas'to-som) [G. plastos, formed, -Isoma, body.] One of the tingible threads or granules in the protoplasm. is^tron [Fr. a breastplate.] The sternum with costal cartilages attached. istog'amy. Plasma to gamy. ite [L. platum, G. plaUion, a dish, a plate.] A shallow dish. 2. In anatomy, lamina, I. lamella, a thin flat differentiated structure. 3. In dentistry, a thin piece of metal or other SO