-blastic

1. a combining form meaning “having a given type or number of buds, cells, or cell layers,” or “undergoing a given type of development,” as specified by the initial element:

   holoblastic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of -blastic¹

blasto-, -ic

Example Sentences

She said her son has been in treatment for acute blastic leukemia for more than half of his life.

From Fox News

C.M.L. has three stages: chronic, accelerated and blastic.

From New York Times

Ye ugly, creepin, blastic wormer, Detested, shunn'd by saunt and sinner, How dare ye set your fit upon her Sae fine a lady!

From Project Gutenberg

And Dar Hyal succumbed, flinging Asia and the Asiatics to the winds, along with his arms and legs, as he weirdly parodied the tango in what he declared to be the "blastic" culmination of modern dancing.

From Project Gutenberg

Dar Hyal, a willing and eager ally, had charged around the flank with his blastic theory of music and taken O'Hay in reverse.

From Project Gutenberg