Etymology

-rrhagia

Today it means: Forms nouns indicating excessive discharge or haemorrhage from an organ. Full definition →

Latin -rrhagia ← Ancient Greek -ραγία
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived from-ραγία
  2. Latin · borrowed from-rrhagia
  3. English today-rrhagia

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

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