| AMPHIBLASTIC | • amphiblastic adj. (Biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation. • AMPHIBLASTIC adj. of animal ova, showing complete but unequal cleavage after fertilization. |
| COSMOPLASTIC | • cosmoplastic adj. Pertaining to or concerned with the formation of the universe or world; cosmogonic. • cosmoplastic adj. Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming. • COSMOPLASTIC adj. moulding or shaping the universe. |
| DEUTOPLASTIC | • deutoplastic adj. (Biology) Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm. • DEUTOPLASTIC adj. of or like deutoplasm, the food material, such as yolk or fat, within an egg or cell. |
| DIPLOBLASTIC | • diploblastic adj. (Biology) Having two embryonic germ layers (the ectoderm and the endoderm). • DIPLOBLASTIC adj. having ectoderm and endoderm but no mesoderm, as in coelenterates. |
| FIBROBLASTIC | • fibroblastic adj. Of, or relating to a fibroblast. • FIBROBLASTIC adj. of or like a fibroblast. |
| HYDROELASTIC | • hydroelastic adj. (Physics) undergoing elastic deformation as the result of the flow of a fluid, especially that of water. • HYDROELASTIC adj. as in hydroelastic suspension, a system of car suspension in which a fluid provides interconnection between the front and rear suspension units. |
| HYPERPLASTIC | • hyperplastic adj. Of, or relating to hyperplasia. • HYPERPLASTIC adj. relating to hyperplasia. |
| ICONOCLASTIC | • iconoclastic adj. Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm. • ICONOCLASTIC adj. like an iconoclast. |
| MICROPLASTIC | • microplastic n. Small particles of plastic (typically less than 5 mm) produced by the degradation of plastic products… • microplastic adj. Exhibiting microplasticity. • MICROPLASTIC n. very small particles of plastic debris persisting as waste material in the environment following the breakdown of rubbish. |
| MYELOBLASTIC | • myeloblastic adj. Of, pertaining to or containing myeloblasts. • MYELOBLASTIC adj. of or like a myeloblast. |
| ORTHOCLASTIC | • orthoclastic adj. (Crystallography) Having cleavage planes at right angles, as in orthoclase. • ORTHOCLASTIC adj. chiefly of feldspar, having cleavages at right angles. |
| OSTEOBLASTIC | • osteoblastic adj. Of or pertaining to an osteoblast. • OSTEOBLASTIC adj. of or like an osteoblast. |
| OSTEOCLASTIC | • osteoclastic adj. (Pathology) Of or pertaining to an osteoclast. • osteoclastic adj. (Surgery) Of or pertaining to osteoclasis. • OSTEOCLASTIC adj. of or like an osteoclast, an instrument used to break bones. |
| OSTEOPLASTIC | • osteoplastic adj. (Surgery) Of, or relating to osteoplasty. • OSTEOPLASTIC adj. relating to osteoplasty. |
| PHOTOELASTIC | • photoelastic adj. (Of a material) exhibiting birefringence when stressed. • photoelastic adj. Of, or relating to photoelasticity. • PHOTOELASTIC adj. relating to or exhibiting photoelastic. |
| PROTOPLASTIC | • protoplastic adj. Of or relating to protoplast. • protoplastic adj. (Obsolete) prototypical. • PROTOPLASTIC adj. of or like protoplasm, also PROTOPLASMAL, PROTOPLASMATIC, PROTOPLASMIC. |
| RHINOPLASTIC | • rhinoplastic adj. Pertaining to rhinoplasty. • RHINOPLASTIC adj. relating to rhinoplasty, plastic surgery of the nose. |
| SUPERELASTIC | • superelastic adj. Exhibiting superelasticity; pseudoelastic. • SUPERELASTIC adj. elastic to a very high degree. |
| SUPERPLASTIC | • superplastic adj. Exhibiting superplasticity. • superplastic n. A superplastic substance. • SUPERPLASTIC adj. capable of plastic deformation under low stress at an elevated temperature. |
| VISCOELASTIC | • viscoelastic adj. Viscous and elastic. • viscoelastic n. Such a material. • VISCOELASTIC adj. having appreciable and conjoint viscous and elastic properties. |