Definition of Aplastic

1. a. Not plastic or easily molded.

Definition of Aplastic

1. Adjective. Pertaining to aplasia. ¹

2. Adjective. Refers to the inability of the body to create new cells, such that tissue cannot grow or regenerate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aplastic

1. not plastic [adj]

Medical Definition of Aplastic

1. Lacking in cell production, as in aplastic anaemia. Origin: Gr. Plassein = to form (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aplastic

apixaban
apjohnite
aplacental
aplacentata
aplacophora
aplacophoran
aplanat
aplanatic
aplanatic lens
aplanatic points
aplanatism
aplanats
aplasia
aplasias
aplastic (current term)
aplastic anaemia
aplastic anemia
aplastic lymph
aplenty
aplite
aplites
aplitic
aplomb
aplombs
aplotomy
aplowite
aplustre
aplustres

Literary usage of Aplastic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1922)
"Let us consider first aplastic anemia. The disease has a symptomatology dependent upon an aplasia of the bone-marrow. If we can find an etiologic factor we ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"Med., 1907, xcii, lio) first review the cases of aplastic anemia reported in the literature, emphasizing the salient clinical and pathological anatomical ..."

3. Principles of medicine: Comprising General Pathology and Therapeutics, and a by Charles James Blasius Williams, Meredith Clymer (1853)
"... and aplastic deposits, and of the conditions which lead to them, ... and aplastic deposits. But, except as preventives, the utility of this class of ..."

4. Pulmonary consumption: Its Nature, Varieties, and Treatment : with an by Charles James Blasius Williams (1872)
"... partly liquefied by oxidation—Circumstances favoring it—Result aplastic and destructive, but with salutary intent—Favorable issues—Termination of ..."

5. The Principles of medicine by John Milton Scudder (1892)
"aplastic DEPOSITS* 251. Each of the three deposits, ... and aplastic, arc derived from the blood, are albuminous (protein) in form, and have their origin ..."

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