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-kinesia

-kinesia suffix: forms words related to body movement, often pathological, sometimes synonymous to words ending in -kinesis.

Suffix

-kinesia

  1. Forms words related to body movement, often pathological, sometimes synonymous to words ending in -kinesis.

Origin of -kinesia

From Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis, “motion”). Compare kinesia (sense 2).

Questions about -kinesia

What does -kinesia mean?
-kinesia means forms words related to body movement, often pathological, sometimes synonymous to words ending in -kinesis.
What part of speech is -kinesia?
-kinesia is a suffix.

Words near -kinesia in the dictionary

  1. -ki-
  2. -kin
  3. -kin-
  4. -kind
  5. -kine
  6. -kinesia
  7. -kinesis
  8. -kini
  9. -kinra
  10. -kins
  11. -kiren

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