Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Diminishing plasticity.
  • In medicine, unfavorable to healing; preventing or checking the process of granulation.
  • Impoverishing the blood.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Diminishing plasticity.
  • adjective (Med.) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Diminishing plasticity.
  • adjective medicine Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ plastic

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Examples

  • One of the problems with the 'antiplastic' movement is that it often makes no distinction between nonbiodegradable and biodegradable plastic.

    Biodegradable Plastic Bags Field Notes 2008

  • My son was diagnosed with an antiplastic astrocytoma tumor grade 3 on Jan. 9, 2009, he has been on temador and tarceva for a year. also on avastin for about 9 months. would this treatment help. thank you for any information that would help. syd.

    'Smart bomb' vaccine attacks aggressive brain cancer 2010

  • But… that wouldn’t be nearly as funny. antiplastic

    Darwin's finches - The Panda's Thumb 2010

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