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 plaster of par·is /-ˈpærəs/
 燒石膏,熟石膏

 plaster of par·is /-ˈpærəs/ 名詞
 熟石膏,塑模石膏,煆石膏,乾燥硫酸鈣

 Plas·ter n.  [Formerly written also plaister.]
 1. Med. An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.
 2. A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.
 3. Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer.
 Plaster cast, a copy of an object obtained by pouring plaster of Paris mixed with water into a mold.
 Plaster of Paris. [So called because originally brought from a suburb of Paris.] Chem. Anhydrous calcium sulphate, or calcined gypsum, which forms with water a paste which soon sets or hardens, and is used for casts, moldings, etc. The term is loosely applied to any plaster stone or species of gypsum.
 Plaster of Paris bandage Surg., a bandage saturated with a paste of plaster of Paris, which on drying forms a perfectly fitting splint.
 Plaster stone, any species of gypsum. See Gypsum.

 plaster of Paris
      n : any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of
          calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with
          water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and
          sculptures and casts for broken limbs [syn: plaster]