GRE Word List

PLASTER

a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance

The meaning of the word plaster is a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance.

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