plaster cast
石膏模型
plaster cast 名詞
筒形石膏夾,管型石膏夾
Plas·ter n. [Formerly written also plaister.]
1. Med. An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.
2. A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.
3. Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer.
Plaster cast, a copy of an object obtained by pouring plaster of Paris mixed with water into a mold.
Plaster of Paris.
Plaster of Paris bandage Surg., a bandage saturated with a paste of plaster of Paris, which on drying forms a perfectly fitting splint.
Plaster stone, any species of gypsum. See Gypsum.
plaster cast
n : bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster
of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
[syn: cast, plaster bandage]