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plastiskin

plastiskin noun: synthetic skin, especially that of an android.

Noun

plastiskin (uncountable)

  1. synthetic skin, especially that of an android.
    • Gavin's supple, plastiskin face was somber, his voice subdued. Ursula could tell that he had been doing a lot of thinking.1986, David Brin, “Lungfish”, in The River of Time, Niles, Illinois: Dark Harvest, →ISBN, page 340

Origin of plastiskin

Blend of plastic + skin.

Questions about plastiskin

What does plastiskin mean?
Plastiskin means synthetic skin, especially that of an android.
What part of speech is plastiskin?
Plastiskin is a noun.

Words near plastiskin in the dictionary

  1. plastinators
  2. plastinoid
  3. plastins
  4. plastique
  5. plastiques
  6. plastiskin
  7. plastisol
  8. plastisols
  9. plastisphere
  10. plastispheres
  11. plastivore

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