-rrhagia

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English

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Etymology

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

Suffix

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-rrhagia

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

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Suffix

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-rrhagia f (genitive -rrhagiae); first declension

  1. Forms abstract nouns from adjectives and possibly other roots.
    haemo (blood)haemorrhagia (violent loss of blood)

Declension

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First-declension noun.