1. Tending to resume its initial shape after being stretched or bent.
2. A rubber band used in dental appliances.
3. Easily resuming original shape after being stretched or expanded; flexible; springy; rebounding.
4. In physics, returning to or capable of returning to an initial form or state after deformation.
5. Quick to recover, as from disappointment: "The speaker had an elastic spirit."
6. Capable of adapting to change or a variety of circumstances.
7. Etymology: coined in French about 1651 as a scientific term to describe gases, from Greek elastos, "ductile, flexible".

A bandage that can be stretched on application to exert continuous local pressure.

Yellow cartilage such as is found in the epiglottis, pharynx, external ears, and auditory tube.

A rare condition in which there is an unusual elasticity of the skin.

A stocking worn to apply pressure to the extremity, aiding the return of blood from the extremity to the heart through the deep veins.

Connective tissue supplied with elastic fibers, as found in the middle layer of arteries.