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clas·tic (klas′tik)

adjective

  1. designating an anatomical model with removable sections to show internal structure
  2. Geol. consisting of fragments of older rocks

Etymology: < Gr klastos, broken < klan, to break (< IE *kla-, var. of base *kel-, to strike > holt, Gr klēma, L calamitas, calamity) + -ic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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