-logia

suffix

Forms names of speech disorders.

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forms names of speech disorders.

    Synonyms: -arthria, -lalia, -phasia, -phemia, -phrasia

  2. Features in Latin names of rhetoric figures.

Synonyms & antonyms

suffixForms names of speech disorders.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greek-λογία“speech”
  2. English-logia

From Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “speech”).

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APA

-logia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-logia

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“-logia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-logia. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-logia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-logia.

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