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ceroplastic, a.|sɪərəʊˈplæstɪk|
[a. Gr. κηροπλαστικός relating to modelling in wax, f. κηρός wax + πλάσσειν to form, mould, πλαστός moulded.]
1. Of or relating to modelling in wax.
1801Monthly Mag. XII. 423 The first application of ceroplastic to anatomical science. 1855tr. Labarte's Arts Mid. Ages i. 37 The ceroplastic art. 1882Daily Tel. 27 Mar., A ceroplastic panorama of the Men..of the Time.
2. ceroplastics n., the art of modelling in wax; concr. waxworks.
1882Daily Tel. 27 Mar., A permanent Museum of Ceroplastics, or in plainer English, a waxwork exhibition. 1884Ibid. 14 July 5/4 The unrivalled collection of ceroplastics in Baker street.
So ˈceroplasty, ‘the making of anatomical models in wax’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). |