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
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The first known use of alloplastic was in 1924
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