a. and sb. [f. Gr. εὔπλαστ-ος easy to mold (f. εὐ- EU- + πλαστός, f. πλάσσειν to form, mold) + -IC.]
A. adj. That is easily formed into an organic tissue: see quot. 1884.
1847. Todd, Cycl. Anat., III. 754/1. Between the … euplastic and the … aplastic deposits the gradations are almost insensible.
1860. in Mayne, Expos. Lex.
1884. Syd. Soc. Lex., Euplastic. Lobstein’s term for morbid deposits of plastic lymph which are of perfect structure and of easy organisation, as well as for healthy blastema in general.
B. sb. Euplastic matter.
1864. in Webster; and in mod. Dicts.
