| ANACLASTIC | • anaclastic adj. Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water. • anaclastic adj. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass. • ANACLASTIC adj. refractive; of or pertaining to refraction. |
| ANAPLASTIC | • anaplastic adj. (Oncology) Of, or relating to, a tumor that shows little histogenetic differentiation. It implies that… • anaplastic adj. (Surgery) Of or relating to plastic surgery. • ANAPLASTIC adj. of or pertaining to anaplasty. |
| BIOCLASTIC | • bioclastic adj. (Geology) Describing a sedimentary rock that is composed of the remains of small organisms. • bioclastic adj. (Geology) Describing a form of erosion or formation caused by the action of living organisms. • BIOCLASTIC adj. of deposits, esp. limestones, derived from shell fragments or similar organic remains. |
| BIOPLASTIC | • bioplastic n. Any form of synthetic polymer, similar to normal plastic, made from renewable biomass sources such as… • BIOPLASTIC n. a plastic that is made from organic matter rather than oil. |
| DYSPLASTIC | • dysplastic adj. Relating to or exhibiting dysplasia. • dysplastic n. An individual with an unproportionate body shape. • DYSPLASTIC adj. suffering from dysplasia, abnormal tissue development. |
| EPIBLASTIC | • epiblastic adj. Of, or relating to the epiblast. • EPIBLASTIC adj. of or relating to, or consisting of, the epiblast. |
| MYOBLASTIC | • myoblastic adj. Of or relating to the myoblast. • MYOBLASTIC adj. of or like a myoblast, a cell producing muscle tissue. |
| NEOPLASTIC | • neoplastic adj. Of or relating to a neoplasm, neoplastics, neoplasty or neoplasia. • NEOPLASTIC adj. of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia. |
| NONELASTIC | • nonelastic adj. Not elastic; not able to stretch. • NONELASTIC adj. not having elasticity. |
| NONPLASTIC | • nonplastic n. A material that is not a plastic. • NONPLASTIC n. something that is not a plastic. |
| SCHOLASTIC | • scholastic n. (Philosophy) A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian. • scholastic adj. Of or relating to school; academic. • scholastic adj. (Philosophy) Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism. |
| SYMPLASTIC | • symplastic adj. Relating to a symplast. • SYMPLASTIC adj. relating to a symplast, a continuous network of protoplasts. |
| SYNCLASTIC | • synclastic adj. (Of a surface) curved toward the same side in all directions. • synclastic adj. (Mathematics) of a surface whose Gaussian curvature is positive at all points. • SYNCLASTIC adj. curved in all directions towards a single point. |
| ZOOPLASTIC | • zooplastic adj. Of, or relating to zooplasty. • ZOOPLASTIC adj. relating to zooplasty, the surgical transfer of tissue from an animal to man. |