-phrenia


a combining form used in the names of mental disorders:
schizophrenia.

-phrenia suff.
mental disorder: schizophrenia.

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    variant of -phyll. -phyll combining form leaf chlorophyll word origin from greek phullon

  • -phyll

    variant of -phyllo as final element of compound words: sporophyll. also, -phyl. -phyll combining form leaf chlorophyll word origin from greek phullon

  • -phyllous

    a combining form meaning “having leaves” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: diphyllous; monophyllous. -phyllous combining form having leaves of a specified number or type monophyllous word origin from greek -phullos of a leaf

  • -phyre

    a combining form representing porphyry, in compound words: granophyre.

  • -phyte

    variant of phyto- as final element of compound words: lithophyte. -phyte combining form indicating a plant of a specified type or habitat lithophyte, thallophyte derived forms -phytic, combining_form:in_adjective word origin from greek phuton plant -phyte suff. a plant with a specified character or habitat: saprophyte. a pathological growth: osteophyte.


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