-phagy
US/ˈfeɪ.d͡ʒi/
-phagy suffix: feeding on; consumption of.
Suffix
-phagy
- Feeding on; consumption of.
- Eating in a specified manner, normal or abnormal.
Origin of -phagy
From Ancient Greek -φαγία (-phagía), combining form of φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”), infinitive aorist of ἐσθίω (esthíō, “I eat”).
Words formed from -phagy
- adelphophagy
- androphagy
- autocoprophagy
- autophagy
- bacteriophagy
- coprophagy
- embryophagy
- encephalophagy
- endophagy
- entomophagy
- exophagy
- foliophagy
- geophagy
- hematophagy
- hippophagy
- lepidophagy
- matriphagy
- monophagy
- myrmecophagy
- necrophagy
- oligophagy
- oophagy
- ophiophagy
- paedophagy
- phytophagy
- placentophagy
- polyphagy
- rhizophagy
- rhypophagy
- saprophagy
- theophagy
- xerophagy
- xylophagy
- zoophagy
- allotriophagy
- dysphagy
- poltophagy
- psomophagy
Questions about -phagy
- What does -phagy mean?
- -phagy means feeding on; consumption of.
- What part of speech is -phagy?
- -phagy is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -phagy?
- -phagy is pronounced /ˈfeɪ.d͡ʒi/ (US).
Words near -phagy in the dictionary
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