-rrhagia

suffix

Forms nouns indicating excessive discharge or haemorrhage from an organ.

OriginLatin -rrhagia ← Ancient Greek -ραγία →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. medicineForms nouns indicating excessive discharge or haemorrhage from an organ.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greek-ραγία
  2. Latin-rrhagia
  3. English-rrhagia

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

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-rrhagia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-rrhagia

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“-rrhagia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-rrhagia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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