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emplastron

emplastron noun: a plaster.

Noun

emplastron (plural emplastra)

  1. (archaic) A plaster.
    • In his observations, however, upon the different forms of emplastra (and many of which were named Melina), Galen gives a sufficient explanation of the origin of this term as it was applied to plasters; […]1851, Monthly Journal of Medical Science, volume 12, page 49
    • He did, however, use an emplastron on a Negro boy, set a broken jaw for a Negro mand and made an examination per vaginum on a Negro woman.1946, Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia, volume 35, page 199

Forms of emplastron

pluralemplastra

Origin of emplastron

From Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “daub, salve”).

Questions about emplastron

What does emplastron mean?
Emplastron means a plaster.
What part of speech is emplastron?
Emplastron is a noun.
What is the plural of emplastron?
The plural of emplastron is emplastra.

Words near emplastron in the dictionary

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

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