organoplastic

adjective

or·​gano·​plas·​tic

¦ȯ(r)gə(ˌ)nō¦plastik,

ȯ(r)¦ganə¦-

biology

: producing organs

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary organ- + -plastic; probably originally formed as French organoplastique

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