conplastic

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adjective

Produced by introducing the genetic material from one strain into the cytoplasm of another

OriginEnglish plastic ← Latin plasticus ← Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós) →
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Meanings

adjectiveconplastic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyProduced by introducing the genetic material from one strain into the cytoplasm of another

Origin

  1. Old Frenchcon-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  4. Proto-Italic*kom
  5. Proto-Italic*kom-
  6. Latincon-
  7. Middle Englishcon-
  8. Englishcon-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  10. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  11. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  12. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  13. Latinplasticus
  14. Englishplastic
  15. Englishconplastic

From con- + plastic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with conplastic

fantasticelasticenthusiasticstochasticdrasticthermoplasticsarcasticantineoplasticmonasticinelasticgymnasticmasticviscoelasticdynasticbombasticaplasticanaplasticiconoclasticclasticpyroclastictrophoblasticdysplasticecclesiasticorgiastic
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APA

conplastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conplastic

MLA

“conplastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conplastic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conplastic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conplastic.

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