-plasty
a combining form with the meanings “molding, formation” “surgical repair, plastic surgery,” used in the formation of compound words:
angioplasty; galvanoplasty; heteroplasty.
-plasty
combining form
indicating plastic surgery involving a bodily part, tissue, or a specified process rhinoplasty, neoplasty
word origin
from greek -plastia; see -plast
-plasty
comb. form meaning “act or process of forming, plastic surgery,” from gk. -plastia, from plastos “molded, formed” (see plaster).
-plasty suff.
molding or forming surgically; plastic surgery: dermatoplasty.
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- -plasy
variant of -plasia. -plasia combining form indicating growth, development, or change hypoplasia word origin from new latin, from greek plasis a moulding, from pl-ssein to mould -plasy suff. variant of -plasia.
- -plegia
a combining form meaning “paralysis, cessation of motion,” in the limbs or region of the body specified by the initial element: cardioplegia; hemiplegia; quadriplegia. -plegia combining form indicating a specified type of paralysis paraplegia derived forms -plegic, combining_form:in_adjective, combining_form:in_noun:countable word origin from greek, from plēgē stroke, from plēssein to strike -plegia suff. paralysis: monoplegia.
- -plex
a combining form meaning “having parts or units” of the number specified by the initial element, occurring originally in loanwords from latin (duplex; quadruplex); recent english coinages ending in -plex, especially denoting structures with a given number of dwelling units, are probably in part new formations with this suffix and in part based on the […]
- -ploid
a combining form meaning “having chromosome sets” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: hexaploid. -ploid combining form, combining form indicating a specific multiple of a single set of chromosomes diploid derived forms -ploidy, combining_form:in_noun:countable word origin from greek -pl(oos) -fold + -oid -ploid suff. having or being a number of chromosomes […]
- -pnea
a combining form meaning “breath, respiration,” used in the formation of compound words that denote a kind of breathing or condition of the respiratory system, as specified by the initial element: dyspnea; hyperpnea. also, -pnoea. -pnea suff. breath; respiration: dyspnea.