- antiplastic
- \\| ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ at anti- I+|-\ adjective
: preventing or checking the process of healing or granulation
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/an'tee plas"tik, an'tuy-/, adj.allaying or preventing the growth of new tissue.[ANTI- + PLASTIC]* * *
antiplastic, a. Med.(æntɪˈplæstɪk)[f. anti- 3 + πλαστικ-ός plastic, f. πλάσσ-ειν to form.]‘Unfavourable to the process of healing or of granulation’ (Mayne); ‘also applied to medicines which impoverish the blood.’ Syd. Soc. Lex.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.