-plastia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /plasˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /plasˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /plaʃˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /plasˈt͡ʃi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /plɐʃˈti.ɐ/

Suffix

-plastia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -plastias)

1. -plasty

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -plastia

abdominoplastia

acromioplastia

blefaroplastia

rinoplastia

sonoplastia

Further reading

• “-plastia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós, “molded, formed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplastja/ [ˈplas.t̪ja]
• Rhymes: -astja
• Syllabification: -plas‧tia

Suffix

-plastia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -plastias)

1. -plasty

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -plastia

angioplastia

blefaroplastia

mamoplastia

rinoplastia

Further reading

• “-plastia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10