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-rrhea
- 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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