plasia

1. a combining form with the meaning “growth, cellular multiplication,” of the kind specified by the initial element: hypoplasia.

n combining form

1. indicating growth, development, or changehypoplasia

word-forming element in biology and medicine denoting “formation, growth, development,” from Modern Latin -plasia, from Greek plasis “molding, formation,” from plassein “to mold” (see plasma). suff.

1. Growth; development:achondroplasia.