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-ism
(izm),1. A condition, disease, or intoxication.
[G. -isma, -ismos, noun-forming suffix]
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-ism
Suffix meaning (1) A medical condition or a disease resulting from or involving some specified thing; (2) A practice, doctrine.
Compare: -ia, -ismus
Compare: -ia, -ismus
[G. -isma, -ismos, noun-forming suffix]
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