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-philia word element [Gr.], affinity for; morbid fondness of. -phil´ic

-philia

suff.

1. Tendency toward: hemophilia.

2. Abnormal attraction to: necrophilia.

-philia, -phily, -philous,

suffix meaning "having a love, craving, affinity for": cyanophilous, hydrophily, spasmophilia, necrophilia.

-philia

word element [Gr.], affinity for; morbid fondness of. adj., adj -phil´ic.

-philia

word element. [Gr.] affinity for, morbid fondness of.

-philia

Medtalk Root for the love of something. See Normophilia, Paraphilia.

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