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plaster cast

 noun
     
Related topics: Sculpture, Hospital, Illness and Disability
plaster cast [countable]
1MH a cover made from plaster of Paris, put around an arm, leg etc to keep a broken bone in place while it mends [= cast]
2AVS a copy of something that is made of plaster of Paris
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