-rrhagia

English

Etymology

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

Suffix

-rrhagia

  1. (medicine) Forming nouns indicating excessive discharge or haemorrhage from an organ.

Derived terms

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