-phasy
a combining form used in the names of speech disorders, as specified by the initial element:
aphasia.
also, -phasy.
-phasia
combining form
indicating speech disorder of a specified kind aphasia
derived forms
-phasic, combining_form:in_adjective, combining_form:in_noun:countable
word origin
from greek, from phanai to speak
-phasia suff.
a speech disorder of a specified kind: dysphasia.
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- -philia
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- -philiac
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- -philic
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- -philism
a combining form used to form abstract nouns corresponding to nouns ending in -phile: bibliophilism.