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-rrhagia
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English
Etymology
From en la -rrhagia, from en grc -ραγία, from the stem of grc ῥήγνυμι to break, burst.
Pronunciation
/ˈreɪdʒə/
Suffix
en medicine Forms nouns indicating excessive discharge or haemorrhage from an organ.
Coordinate terms
en -rrhea also concerns flow
Derived terms
en
Latin
la la haemorrhagia comes from Greek grc αἱμορραγία
Etymology
From la grc -ραγία, from the stem of grc ῥήγνυμι to break, burst.
Suffix
-rrhagia<1>
Forms abstract nouns from adjectives and possibly other roots.
la haemo blood → la haemorrhagia violent loss of blood
Declension
-rrhagia<1>