alloplastic
adjective
al·lo·plas·tic
Definition of alloplastic
: molding or molded by external factors (as environment) man's evolution … is through alloplastic experiments with objects outside his own body — Weston LaBarre —contrasted with autoplastic
alloplastically
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Origin and Etymology of alloplastic
all- + -plastic
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