-plast

\\ˌplast, -aa(ə)st, -aist\ noun combining form (-s)

Etymology: Middle French -plaste, from Late Latin -plastus, from Greek -plastos, from plastos formed, molded

1.

a. : thing made

gypsoplast

meloplast

b. : plastic — especially in names of groups of plastics

phenoplast

2.

a. : organized particle or granule : cell

bioplast

leucoplast

b. : formative cell : -blast

odontoplast

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a combining form meaning "living substance," "organelle," "cell," used in the formation of compound words: chloroplast; chromoplast; protoplast.

[comb. form repr. Gk plastós formed, molded, equiv. to plath-, base of plássein to form, mold + -tos verbal adj. suffix, with tht > st. See PLASTIC]

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-plast /-plast/

combining form

Denoting a particle of living matter or an organized living cell

ORIGIN: Gr plastos formed

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-plast,

combining form. a small body or structure, especially of living matter; particle or granule, as in bioplast, chloroplast.

╂[< Greek plastós formed, molded < plássein to form, mold]

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-plast

combining element repr. Gr. πλαστός formed, moulded, in various terms, chiefly scientific, as bioplast, endoplast, protoplast.