plaster cast

plaster cast

English

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

healing aid

Catalan: enguixat Danish: gipsbandage c Finnish: kipsi (fi) German: Gips (de) m, Gipsverband (de) m Hungarian: gipsz (hu), gipszkötés (hu) Italian: ingessatura (it) f Maori: pāpāuku Norwegian: Bokmål: gipsbandasje m Nynorsk: gipsbandasje m

Portuguese: gesso (pt) Russian: гипсовая повя́зка (gipsovaja povjázka) Scots: stookie Spanish: yeso (es) m Swedish: gipsförband n

copy

Czech: sádrový odlitek m Finnish: kipsivalos, valos (fi)

German: Abguß (de) m, Gipsabguß m, Gipsabdruck (de) m Hungarian: öntvény (hu), gipszöntvény