Plaster vs Malaxation - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
(countable, New Zealand, British) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
(countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast.
(uncountable) plaster of Paris.
To cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster.
To hide or cover up, as if with plaster.
The act of softening a mass by malaxating.
In entomology, kneading or softening, especially applied to the chewing and squeezing by which certain species of hunting wasps prepare prey captured as food for their larvae.
In agriculture, the process of slowly churning milled oil crops such as olives, allowing droplets of oil to aggregate for more effective separation.
In massage, a kneading technique, particularly used for softening muscle in spasm
In pharmacology, the kneading and squeezing of ingredients into a mass for making pills and plasters
As nouns the difference between plaster and malaxation
is that plaster is a paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes while malaxation is the act of softening a mass by malaxating.As a verb plaster
is to cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster.plaster
English
(wikipedia plaster)Alternative forms
* plaister * plastre (obsolete)Noun
Derived terms
* plasterboard * gypsum plaster * plaster cast * plaster lath * plaster and lath; lath and plasterSee also
* cement board * lath * gypsum board * gyprock * sheetrock * wallboard * drywallVerb
(en verb)- Her face was plastered in mud.
- The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.
