-plasia

English

suffix

Definitions

(medicine) Growth or formation

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -plasia derived from Ancient Greek πλάσις (formation, molding).

Origin

Ancient Greek

πλάσις

Gloss

formation, molding

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-plasia Latin
dysplasia Latin
hiperplasia Spanish, Castilian
πλάσις Ancient Greek
πλάσσω Ancient Greek
-pláise Irish