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-rrhea

  1. a combining form meaning “flow,” “discharge,” used in the formation of compound words:

    gonorrhea.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of -rrhea1

From New Latin -rrhoea, from Greek -rrhoia, combining form representing rhoía “a flow,” akin to rheîn “to flow, stream”

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