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plaster cast

noun

any piece of sculpture reproduced in plaster of Paris.

plaster cast

noun

surgery a cast made of plaster of Paris See cast
a copy or mould of a sculpture or other object cast in plaster of Paris

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Word History and Origins

Origin of plaster cast¹

First recorded in 1815–25

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He matched bullets to guns; he used plaster casts to identify footprints.

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He even ran a mile a day in a plaster cast for six weeks after an operation on his foot.

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A bad injury, and then photographs of him dancing in a nightclub with a plaster cast, saw the media turn on him.

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It was 21:00 before I was lying on a stretcher with the registrar inspecting my wound and replacing the plaster cast.

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"We escaped from danger into death," Kafarneh said outside the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, his head cut and a plaster cast running from his shoulder to his wrist.

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plasterboard plastered

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