-rrhage
(-rrhagia) word element [Gr.], excessive flow. adj., adj -rrha´gic.Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
-rrhagia
The diagraph rh occurring at the beginning of a syllable in a word of Greek origin is ordinarily changed to rrh when a prefix or other lexical element is placed before it, as in this terminal form, from rhexis.Excessive or unusual discharge; hemorrhage.
[G. rhēgnymi, to burst forth]
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-rrhagia
Suffix meaning excessive or unusual discharge.
[G. rhēgnymi, to burst forth]
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