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poroplastic, a.|pɒrəʊ-, pɔərəʊˈplæstɪk| [f. Gr. πόρος pore n.1 + plastic.] Both porous and plastic: applied to a kind of porous felt, plastic when heated, becoming stiff when cold, used for splints and other surgical appliances.
1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 615 Severer cases..have had the plaster of-Paris or ‘poro-plastic’ jacket applied. 1898Westm. Gaz. 19 July 5/1 An elastic kneecap costs half a crown, a moleskin one five shillings, a leather one five to twenty, and a poroplastic any sum. |