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-rrhagia

-rrhagia suffix: forms nouns indicating excessive discharge or haemorrhage from an organ.

Suffix

-rrhagia

  1. Forms nouns indicating excessive discharge or haemorrhage from an organ.

Origin of -rrhagia

From Latin -rrhagia, from Ancient Greek -ραγία (-ragía), from the stem of ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi, “to break, burst”).

Questions about -rrhagia

What does -rrhagia mean?
-rrhagia means forms nouns indicating excessive discharge or haemorrhage from an organ.
What part of speech is -rrhagia?
-rrhagia is a suffix.

Words near -rrhagia in the dictionary

  1. -rinone
  2. -rise
  3. -ritide
  4. -rolimus
  5. -rozole
  6. -rrhagia
  7. -rrhaphy
  8. -rrhea
  9. -rrhexis
  10. -rrhoea
  11. -rrhœa

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