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-penia

-penia suffix: deficiency.

Suffix

-penia

  1. deficiency

Origin of -penia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πενῐ́ᾱ (penĭ́ā, “poverty, lack”).

Questions about -penia

What does -penia mean?
-penia means deficiency.
What part of speech is -penia?
-penia is a suffix.

Words near -penia in the dictionary

  1. -pedalism
  2. -pede
  3. -pedia
  4. -pelag
  5. -pelago
  6. -penia
  7. -people
  8. -peridol
  9. -peridone
  10. -perone
  11. -person

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