-plasia

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Etymology

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Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō

Proto-Hellenic *plát͏̌t͏̌ō?

Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σις (-sis)

Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σῐς (plắsĭs)der.

New Latin -plasiabor.

English -plasia

From New Latin -plasia, from Ancient Greek πλάσις (plásis, “molding, formation”).

Suffix

-plasia

1. (medicine) Growth or formation

Synonyms

• -plasy

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -plasia

achondroplasia

alloplasia

alymphoplasia

amyoplasia

anaplasia

aplasia

cataplasia

chondroplasia

dysembryoplasia

dysplasia

echoplasia

erythroplasia

euplasia

fibroplasia

heteroplasia

hyperplasia

hypochondroplasia

hypoplasia

macroplasia

mastoplasia

neoplasia

normoplasia

prosoplasia

Related terms

• -plastic
• plasm

Anagrams

• apalis, pailas