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-plast

US/plæst/

-plast suffix: a small body, structure, particle, or granule, especially of living matter.

Suffix

-plast

  1. A small body, structure, particle, or granule, especially of living matter.
  2. A plastid.

Origin of -plast

Derived from Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós, “molded, formed”).

Questions about -plast

What does -plast mean?
-plast means a small body, structure, particle, or granule, especially of living matter.
What part of speech is -plast?
-plast is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -plast?
-plast is pronounced /plæst/ (US).

Words near -plast in the dictionary

  1. -pine
  2. -piprazole
  3. -pitant
  4. -plasia
  5. -plasm
  6. -plast
  7. -plasty
  8. -plasy
  9. -platin
  10. -ple
  11. -plegia

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