-plasia

English

Etymology

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

cataplasia

chondroplasia

dysembryoplasia

dysplasia

echoplasia

erythroplasia

euplasia

fibroplasia

heteroplasia

hyperplasia

hypochondroplasia

hypoplasia

macroplasia

mastoplasia

neoplasia

normoplasia

prosoplasia

Related terms

• -plastic
• plasm

Anagrams

• apalis, pailas