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-rrhea

 
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a combining form meaning “flow,” “discharge,” used in the formation of compound words: gonorrhea.
Also, -rhea.
Compare rheo-.

Origin:
< NL -rrhoea < Gk -rrhoia, comb. form repr. rhoía a flow, akin to rheîn to flow, stream
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-rrhea or -rrhoea  
suff.  Flow; discharge: seborrhea.

[New Latin -rrhoea, from Greek -rrhoia, from rhoia, a flowing, from rhein, to flow; see sreu- in Indo-European roots.]
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Medical Dictionary

-rrhea suff.
Flow; discharge: seborrhea.

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