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paraplast

paraplast noun: a mixture of paraffin and a plastic resin that is used for tissue embedding.

Noun

paraplast (uncountable)

  1. A mixture of paraffin and a plastic resin that is used for tissue embedding

Questions about paraplast

What does paraplast mean?
Paraplast means a mixture of paraffin and a plastic resin that is used for tissue embedding.
What part of speech is paraplast?
Paraplast is a noun.

Words near paraplast in the dictionary

  1. paraplanning
  2. paraplasm
  3. paraplasma
  4. paraplasmic
  5. paraplasms
  6. paraplast
  7. paraplastic
  8. paraplatyarthrid
  9. paraplatyarthrids
  10. paraplectenchyma
  11. paraplectenchymata

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