plaster cast

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Noun

plaster cast (plural plaster casts)

1. (surgery) A cast made of a stiff material (often plaster of Paris and gauze) in order to immobilize a broken bone for the period of healing.
2. A copy of a piece of art or other object cast in plaster.

   The police got a plaster cast of the suspect's footprint.

Synonyms

• cast
• plaster
• (chiefly, East Midlands) pot

Translations

• German: Gips, Gipsverband
• Italian: ingessatura
• Portuguese: gesso
• Russian: гипсовая повя́зка
• Spanish: yeso

Translations

• German: Abguß, Gipsabguß, Gipsabdruck

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