a. [a. Gr. κηροπλαστικός relating to modelling in wax, f. κηρός wax + πλάσσειν to form, mold, πλαστός molded.]
1. Of or relating to modelling in wax.
1802. Monthly Mag., XII. 423. The first application of ceroplastic to anatomical science.
1855. trans. Labarte’s Arts Mid. Ages, i. 37. The ceroplastic art.
1882. Daily Tel., 27 March, 5/4. A ceroplastic panorama of the Men and Women of the Time.
2. Ceroplastics sb., the art of modelling in wax; concr. waxworks.
1882. Daily Tel., 27 March, 5/4. A permanent Museum of Ceroplastics, or, in plainer English, a waxwork exhibition. Ibid. (1884), 14 July, 5/4. The unrivalled collection of ceroplastics in Baker street.
So Ceroplasty, ‘the making of anatomical models in wax’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
