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-philia

 
word element [Gr.], affinity for; morbid fondness of. adj., adj -phil´ic.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

-philia

, -phily , -philous
Combining forms meaning that which has an attraction to or is stained by.
[G. philia, love]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

-philia

Suffix denoting a tendency or attraction towards.
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