Having the property of being adhesive or glutinous; designating this property. Now rare.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From post-classical Latin emplasticus (also implasticus) causing to adhere from Hellenistic Greek ἐμπλαστικός causing to adhere from ancient Greek ἐμπλαστός daubed on or over + -ικός.