plaster cast

English

Noun

plaster cast (plural plaster casts)

(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.
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

Translations

healing aid

Afrikaans: gips
Catalan: guix (ca) m
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
Polish: gips (pl) m
Portuguese: gesso (pt)
Russian: гипсовая повя́зка (gipsovaja povjázka)
Scots: stookie
Spanish: yeso (es) m
Swedish: gipsförband n

copy

Afrikaans: gipsafdruk
Czech: sádrový odlitek m
Finnish: kipsivalos, valos (fi)
German: Abguß (de) m, Gipsabguß (de) m, Gipsabdruck (de) m
Hungarian: öntvény (hu), gipszöntvény (hu)

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