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emplastration

emplastration noun: grafting by inoculation; budding.

Noun

emplastration (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Grafting by inoculation; budding.
    • Emplastration in the Hortyard, is grafting by inocelation with a scutcheon.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book II.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […]...
  2. (obsolete) The application of a plaster or salve.

Origin of emplastration

Latin emplastratio (“a budding”).

Questions about emplastration

What does emplastration mean?
Emplastration means grafting by inoculation; budding.
What part of speech is emplastration?
Emplastration is a noun.

Words near emplastration in the dictionary

  1. emplastering
  2. emplasters
  3. emplastic
  4. emplastics
  5. emplastra
  6. emplastration
  7. emplastron
  8. emplastrum
  9. emplastrums
  10. empleach
  11. empleached

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