-aemia
variant of -emia:
anaemia.
-aemia
combining form
denoting blood, esp a specified condition of the blood in names of diseases leukaemia
word origin
new latin, from greek -aimia, from haima blood
-aemia suff.
variant of -emia.
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variant of -ena: hyaena.
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a suffix typically forming m-ss or abstract nouns from various parts of speech, occurring originally in loanwords from french (voyage; courage) and productive in english with the meanings “aggregate” (coinage; peerage; trackage), “process” (coverage; breakage), “the outcome of” as either “the fact of” or “the physical effect or remains of” (seepage; wreckage; spoilage), “place of […]
- -agog
variant of -agogue. -agogue combining form indicating a person or thing that leads or incites to action pedagogue, demagogue denoting a substance that stimulates the secretion of something galactagogue derived forms -agogic, combining_form:in_adjective -agogy, combining_form:in_noun:countable word origin via late latin from greek agōgos leading, from agein to lead
- -agogue
a combining form with the meaning “leader, bringer,” of that named by the initial element, occurring in loanwords from greek (demagogue; pedagogue); used also in medical terms that denote substances inducing the expulsion or secretion of that named by the initial element (cholagogue; hemagogue). also, -agog. -agogue combining form indicating a person or thing that […]
- -agra
-agra suff. sudden acute pain: podagra.