-ridden
a combining form meaning “obsessed with,” “overwhelmed by” (torment-ridden) or “full of,” “burdened with” (debt-ridden).
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- -rrhage
a combining form with the meanings “rupture,” “profuse discharge,” “abnormal flow,” used in the formation of compound words: bronchorrhagia. also, -rhagia, -rhage, -rrhage, -rhagy, -rrhagy. -rrhagia combining form (in pathology) an abnormal discharge or flow menorrhagia word origin from greek -rrhagia a bursting forth, from rhēgnunai to burst, break -rrhagia suff. an abnormal or excessive […]
- -rrhagia
a combining form with the meanings “rupture,” “profuse discharge,” “abnormal flow,” used in the formation of compound words: bronchorrhagia. also, -rhagia, -rhage, -rrhage, -rhagy, -rrhagy. -rrhagia combining form (in pathology) an abnormal discharge or flow menorrhagia word origin from greek -rrhagia a bursting forth, from rhēgnunai to burst, break -rrhagia suff. an abnormal or excessive […]
- -rrhagy
a combining form with the meanings “rupture,” “profuse discharge,” “abnormal flow,” used in the formation of compound words: bronchorrhagia. also, -rhagia, -rhage, -rrhage, -rhagy, -rrhagy. -rrhagia combining form (in pathology) an abnormal discharge or flow menorrhagia word origin from greek -rrhagia a bursting forth, from rhēgnunai to burst, break -rrhagia suff. an abnormal or excessive […]
- -rrhaphy
a combining form meaning “suture,” used in the formation of compound words: herniorrhaphy. also, -rhaphy. -rrhaphy suff. surgical suture: aneurysmorrhaphy.
- -rrhea
a combining form meaning “flow,” “discharge,” used in the formation of compound words: gonorrhea. also, -rhea. compare rheo-. -rrhoea combining form (in pathology) a discharge or flow diarrhoea word origin from new latin, from greek -rrhoia, from rhoia a flowing, from rhein to flow -rrhea suff. flow; discharge: seborrhea.