What it means
The ending in words for a substance or tissue that has been formed. Cytoplasm is the material inside a cell (from cyt/oSY-tohA word part that means cell.Full entry , cell), and a neoplasm is a new, abnormal growth or tumor (from neo-NEE-ohA word beginning that means new.Full entry , new). The related ending -plasia means formation or growth, as in dysplasia.